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:
1. Bryce had talked about how we all have good intentions, but the hard thing is that “All In” means we need to take action. Take a moment to share some good intentions that you have had a harder time making a reality within your family? Or your own life?
2. When considering your own spiritual journey and how far along you are, how does it make you feel? What is one significant thing that you have done on your spiritual growth in the 12 months?
3. Read together the story of the Good Samaritan, and discuss the story from the listeners perspective? What can we learn from this? What are the obvious takeaways? What are the less obvious?
4. Romans 8 describes the Holy Spirit and His role in our lives today, how might we respond to situations differently because of the Holy Spirit? How has that looked in your own life? How do you include this in your prayer life?
5. What are some ways that your small group can be more missional this summer? Share some ideas that would be “not avoiding the mess” instead listening and doing as the Holy Spirit leads as we in this example.
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.
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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”.