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) How did you do with the Fast? Will there be a second week added for you or your family? Discuss how that might have been hard or easy for you and why?
2) Discuss as a group how words have played a role in your life, what is one encouraging word that you remember to be helpful?
3) Hebrews 10 talks about us being able to come with cleanliness before God, what does that mean and how is that possible for us today?
4) What kind of conversations do you find yourself ignoring and what conversations do you enjoy running into? What does that tell you about yourself and how does that impact your daily walk with the Lord?
5) Colossians 4 gives many examples of how speech should look for all believers, Praying, Pausing, preaching, proclaiming. Discuss each of these and which is hardest and why.
6) Take some time in your group to Pause and offer up encouragement, prayer for one another or maybe proclaim/share the truth that God is bringing to light in your life today.
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”.