Getting Started:
How does the phrase, “I love you” make you feel when you hear it?
What is your favorite love song?
Digging In:
Read 1 John 4:7-8; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 4:9-10
Since love comes from God, how does that change how we are to love one another?
If the way you...
Getting Started:
What are some of the differences between saying, “Thank you” and “I’m thankful for you”?
When was the last time you told someone, “I am thankful for you”?
Who should you say this to more often?
Digging In:
Read Romans...
Getting Started:
When was the last time you said, “I forgive you”? When was the last time you asked someone else for forgiveness?
Digging In:
Read Colossians Chapter 3Why do you think Paul wrote, “set your minds on things above”? (v1-3)
How could this...
Getting Started
What are the first words you spoke this morning? When are you so intentional with your words that you actually remember them?
If fire would come out of your mouth every time you spoke sinfully, how would that change your speech?
Digging In: Read James...
GETTING STARTED
The Truman Show is a movie about a guy who grew up in on a TV set without knowing it. Everyone he met was an actor and every part of his life was on camera for the whole world to see. He was living in a false world for someone else’s financial gain.
How would you feel if...
GETTING STARTED
How does your day-to-day life look different because Jesus rose from the dead?
DIGGING IN
Read 1 Peter 1:1-12
Verse 1: When do you most feel like a stranger/alien in the world?
Verse 3: How is living hope different than ordinary hope?
Verse 4: How does hearing “you...
GETTING STARTED
When have you received something that you have hoped for? How long did you have to wait?
DIGGING IN
Read Acts Chapter 12 together.
Herod attacked the Christian church during the Passover holiday most likely because the truth of the resurrection was going out to the crowds...
GETTING STARTED:
Do you have anything you hope will happen within the next year? Who or what plays a part in your hope being fulfilled?
DIGGING IN:
Read Hebrews 11 together. Recite Hebrews 11:1 out loud together. This is a great one to memorize. Is there anyone in your group who...
GETTING STARTED:What is something you tend to worry about?
DIGGING IN:
Read Matthew 6:25-34
What “worries” does Jesus mention in verse 25? To what extent are these the things you find yourself worrying about? Why do you think Jesus focuses on this particular list?
Read...
GETTING STARTED:What good news have you heard lately?
DIGGING IN:Read Romans 6:1-14
What does it mean that “we are those who have died to sin” (v. 2)? How does Paul describe this death in verses 6-7?
If we are dead to sin, why do we at times feel so powerless to...