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:
Dive into God’s Word. Use these discussion questions. Learn from each other’s insight
Esther takes on the challenge of helping the Jews.
- What did you learn about Esther in your reading?
- What did you learn about God’s provision in your reading?
- What can “HELP” look like if it’s not the ability to reverse one’s circumstances?
- Offer relationship
- Offer a resource
- Offer hope
- When have you gotten “HELP” wrong? Your heart was in the right place but……. Or maybe you didn’t know enough about the person(s) you wished to help.
- Fill in the blank for yourself:
___________ agrees to help ___________
Unpack what this looks like as you
- Offer relationship
- Offer a resource
- Offer hope
Links that were mentioned in the sermon:
Deb Walton working on prison bible studies
Crossroad Prison Ministries, PO Box 900, Grand Rapids, MI 49509-0900
Mark Freeman working alongside refugee resettlement, https://cwslancaster.org/
Jason Oberholser, https://bicus.org/missions/global-team/
Kelly Harnish, Hope Served, https://hopeserved.org/
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”.