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. The sermon began by asking, “What steals your peace?” What tends to rob you of peace most often? Finances? Relationships? Health? Work? Politics or the news? The future? Something else?
2. Paul says he “learned the secret of contentment.” Why do you think contentment has to be learned rather than simply felt?
3. Paul says, “Let your gentleness be evident to all.” Who is one person God may be calling you to show gentleness toward this week?
4. Philippians 4:8 tells us what to think about. What voices or influences most shape your thinking each day? Do they move you toward Christ or away from Him?
5. The Brethren in Christ tradition values following Jesus together, peacemaking, prayer, and obedience. How can our small group help one another experience Christ’s peace instead of trying to carry burdens alone?
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”.