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.
- Wrapping up the Sermon on the Mount, what has been a personal “ah ha!” moment for you from this series?
- As you consider your group, are you bearing witness to God and his narrow road? What might need to change to call each other up into more Kingdom living?
- How are you promoting and encouraging those around you to be a tree that can bear fruit?
- In Luke 5:27-30, Jesus calls Matthew/Levi. Jesus was fellowshipping with Matthew, while he was still in his mess, and calling him out. As a group, is there someone you can invite who is a bit more messy but needs support and love and to be called out to follow?
- As Bryce said, trusting God in obedience is foundational work that involves sacrifice, consider your level of obedience to be hearers and doers of the Kingdom.
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”.