1. What is the most memorable gift you’ve ever received?

2. What is the worst present you’ve ever given to someone?

3. Besides the gift of Jesus, what are the other best gifts God has given to you?

4. What gifts can you give to people this year that are free?

1. What positive and negative memories do you have from your childhood regarding alcohol?

2. What is it about alcohol that makes people so drawn to abusing it?

3. What other practices in life, other than drinking, are people prone to over use?

4. How did your parents’ attitude toward alcohol affect your use of alcohol?

1. Have you ever felt like Wile E. Coyote when your plans just seem to backfire on you?

2. Has there ever been a time when someone was after you and it backfired on them?

3. What makes it hard to let go of getting even?

4. Share about a time when your flesh wanted to get even with someone but the Spirit helped you to just let it go.

5. Is there something in your life right now where God is telling you to just let it go?

1. Why do you think people regard sexual sin as so significant compared to other sins?

2. What do you think are the most serious consequences of adultery?

3. What are some things that you think married people could do to help prevent adultery?

4. What kinds of things do you think might help someone who has fallen into adultery?

1. Are you happy right now? Really?

2. What is contributing to your present happiness or lack of happiness?

3. Who makes you happier when you are around them? Could you be around them more?

4. What could you do differently that could make you happier?

5. What is stealing your happiness?

1. How has debt affected your life?

2. Have you ever loaned money to someone, or helped them get a loan, and regretted it?

3. Do you tend to err more on the side of spending more than you should or spending less than you should?

4. What tools do you use to manage your finances?

5. What changes should you make in your financial life next year?

1. Who are the leaders who have most inspired you? What did you admire most about them?

2. What percentage of the people in our country would you say are happy? How does that compare to other countries you have visited?

3. What purposes do you think God has for giving us the leaders we’ve had?

4. How will you pray for our leaders?

5. What do you see as your primary responsibilities as citizens?

1. What are the top three things that you are afraid of?

2. Has fear ever kept you from doing something that you later regretted not doing?

3. Who is a courageous person that you admire?

4. What will you do this week that will be in spite of your fear?

1. When thinking about poverty, what is the first image and/or experience that comes to mind?

2. Who are your true friends? Share a time when true friends were revealed.

3. How do you try to be a true friend? How could you improve as a friend?

4. Discuss how your group could help the poor. Think about a group activity that you could do to make a positive impact. (For example: signup to prepare/serve a meal to the homeless, have your small group signup to serve together at one of our Operation Christmas Child events, and/or maybe “adopt a needy family” to provide Christmas gifts, etc.) And then do it! :)

1. What is your favorite dog story?

2. What is your best experience with an animal?

3. What habits have you broken in the past and what habits should you probably work on breaking now?

4. How do you try to live in contentment?

5. When could you have sued someone but you are glad you didn’t?