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 said: “Jesus did not come for behavior modification but to save us from sin,” What is the difference between behavior modification and heart transformation
2. What are subtle ways believers sometimes “feed” sin without realizing it?
3. If true change requires dealing with the root, what makes us gravitate toward trimming behaviors instead of looking honestly at the condition of our heart?
4. Take time to read Ezekiel 36 and John 3, both share about God giving us a new heart. How have you personally experienced God changing your desires, not just your behaviors?
5. Bryce mentioned that lust and similar sins often come from unmet relational needs or unresolved hurts. Can you think of times you are tempting and consider how you might use your small group for connection and confession.
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”.