Romans 10:17
“Growing Your Faith”

1. Do you have any doubts in your faith?

2. What is one way that God has used His Word to change your life?

3. What are the problems of mixing God’s Word with our interests and viewpoints?

4. If someone asked you why the Bible is important in today’s world, what would you say?

5. What is one of your verses for life?

1. Have you ever regretted quitting on something too soon?

2. Who is the most stubborn person you know who inspires you?

3. What does the work of the Lord look like in your life?

4. When has doing the right thing hurt you?

5. What person who has died before you still inspires you?

A Tune Up For Life

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

1. What are some warning signs in your life that you haven’t been focusing on the things God wants you to?

2. If you had to give advice to your younger self about being happy, what would you tell yourself to focus on, and what would you say to not focus on?

3. How has prayer affected your life?  

4. What can the group stop to pray for right now?

5. What are some of the things that get in the way of being thankful in your life?

6. Take a few minutes as a group to share things you are thankful for.  

1. Do you think about how to honor God as you live your daily life? How often?

2. How much do you consider your decisions about time and money decisions?

3. Why do you think God wants us to take risks?

4. When setting life priorities, what competes with God as a priority?

1. What is your greatest memory of light and your worst memory of the dark?

2. Why is light such a powerful metaphor for life?

3. What is the greatest beauty you’ve ever created?

4. How can beauty bring people to God?

5. Why do we so often fail to shine?

1. When has taking bad advice really affected your life?

2. Why do you think the people you hang out with affects you?

3. What place can the Word of God play in your life to restore you from bad choices?

4. What does finding a fruitful place to plant yourself look like for you?

5. What does fruitfulness mean to you?

1. What does persecution look like for you today?

2. What does it mean to have God as your Lord?

3. Has anyone ever asked you why you are so positive and optimistic? (If not, why not?)

4. Does meekness feel like weakness to you?

5. How do you sanctify the Lord God in your heart?

Proverbs 9:10

The Wisdom of Fearing God

1. Describe your reaction or feelings about the idea of fear.  Are you comfortable or uncomfortable with fear, and why?

2. What things or situations in your life do you fear more than God?

3. Describe a time where you were so in awe or wonder over something, and how that affects the way you think about God?

4. In what ways does the fear of the Lord give us a base for wisdom?  Share an insight!

Serving Like Jesus
Mark 10:45

1. What was your first job (or a tough job) and what were some of the less desirable duties you have had to do?

2. What is something that someone else has done for you that has made your life better?

3. Read Mark 10:43-45; John 13:14-16; Luke 22:26; Mark 9:35; and Luke 9:48. Why do you think Jesus had to teach this lesson so many times?

4. What is the hardest part about serving others?

5. What are some of the ways you can personally serve others?

1. What does “doing the right thing” say to you?

2. Why is it so hard to know what’s right and how does the process of finding the right choices work for you?

3. When has receiving mercy really touched you? When has showing mercy really touched you?

4. What images come to your mind when you think of walking humbly with God.

5. What does it look like when someone walks pridefully with God?