Group Discussion & Life Challenge
Use these notes as discussion prompts for your group, or in your personal time with God.
Connect:
Get to know each other. Connect, warm up to each other, fellowship.
Care:
Carry each other’s burdens. Share life’s challenges and practice Soul Care. Pray together.
Challenge:
Take a minute and pray as a group for God to speak to you as we read these letters. What does he have for your group? For you individually? For MBIC?
1. Read Acts 16:11-40, how does this passage help illuminate your understanding of Thyatira and the people who lived there?
2. How are you growing in service and serving
3. In Rev. 2:18 it describes God’s eyes and feet, what do we know about fire and bronze from the rest of the Bible? What does that tell you about God and who he is?
4. The church was known as a place of love, service, faith and patience, could that be said of you? Of your small group?
5. How do you encourage each other to remain pure? If that is God’s exhortation to the church, truly take time to consider how you are walking in purity in all areas of life and can continue that way.
Clarify:
Does anyone need clarity on something? Are there any big God questions you are wrestling with?
Celebrate:
Celebrate life’s successes and God’s provision. Worship God’s presence. Time to brag about God.
BibleApp
Through the Bible in one Year
Join us in reading through the entire Bible in one year. Each day of this plan guides you through passages from both the Old and New Testaments, allowing you to see connections between the history of our faith, and the fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan. Readings average four chapters in length, so it is posible to do. When you use the YouVersion Bible App, you can even have the app read the Bible text to you – very useful when you are in the car or otherwise occupied with your hand.
All you need to do is click the link to the Bible Plan, which should lead you straight to the Bible app. Your two options are now (1) to read the plan on your own, one day at the time. Or (2) you can make it more fun and rewarding, by sharing the plan with one or more friends, and then even “Talk about it”.