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 Anna’s heritage factor into her faithfulness & lifelong devotion? Does your own background shape your faithfulness?
2. Anna stayed devoted for 84 years after losing her husband at a young age. How can we persevere in faith through loss or loneliness we often experience?
3. Like van Gogh painting in obscurity, true dedication shows in daily faithfulness. Where have you seen quiet consistency pay offin your walk with God?
4. How can you stay “engaged until He comes” right where God has you this week?
5. Anna told everyone waiting for redemption about Jesus. Who in your life needs to hear about the Redeemer this week?
6. Dedication or declaration—which one is God nudging you to grow in right now? How can we pray for you?
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”.