APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 27-JULY 3
Have you ever studied the book of Psalms? What’s one thing you learned?
What’s one way you show love to God regularly?
What role does gratitude play in your life and your relationship with God?
What do you think it means to be “loyal to the name of God”?
How are you growing in your faith right now?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 20-27
How did you celebrate Father’s Day?
Would you say fear is your first go-to when presented with a challenging situation?
Would you say you are faithful with the little things? How do you know?
What are you learning from God right now?
Do you feel like you have a purpose on your life?
Do you feel like you live differently because you are a Christian? How so?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 13-19
Is money a subject that worries you a lot?
Do you tithe? Why or why not?
Do you see God as generous or stingy? Why do you think you see Him that way?
What’s one thing you are grateful to God for right now?
In what ways do you think money can become a god in your life?
Would you consider yourself a generous person? Why or why not?
In what ways do you seek first HIS Kingdom in your life?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 6-12: Pastor Candace Pringle
Are you someone who makes up their mind quickly? Or takes a while to come up with an opinion?
What does your weekly/daily time with God look like right now?
Would you say that the person you are in public is the same person you are at home? What is different?
Do you think you’ve ever prayed double-minded prayers?
Would you say you are very passionate about Jesus? How about the church? Why or why not?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 30-JUNE 5: Candace Pringle
Do you ever feel like your thoughts spiral out of control? When do you feel that happens most?
Have you ever practiced meditation? What did you meditate on?
What verses do you have memorized from the Bible?
Have you ever examined your self-talk? What did you discover?
How do you go about taking your thoughts captive in every day life?
On a scale of 1-10, how peaceful would you say you are? Why did you give yourself that score?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
GROUP LEADERS: MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP HAS A COPY OF THE 40 I AM’S AND UNDERSTANDS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT.
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 23-29: Candace Pringle
How do you worship in every day life, outside of church? Do you see an effect on your life when you make worship a priority?
Do you struggle with seeing yourself as a victim sometimes? How do you overcome it?
Do you have a favorite worship song or verse that you go to when you are anxious, afraid, or depressed?
What about Jehosephat’s handling of this crisis inspires you or impresses you?
In what ways are you making prayer a part of your daily life?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 16-22: Pastor Candace Pringle
What are your summer discipleship goals? How do you plan to grow in your faith this summer?
Where/when do you hear from God the best? How do you know when He’s speaking to you?
Who is your “Elihu” (the person that can speak the truth/call you out)?
If you had to pick one that you struggle with more, which would it be? Pride or patience? Why?
Of the list of Job’s assumptions, which hit you the hardest? Which do you identify with the most? (Find the list at www.fv.church/sermonblog)
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 9-15: Pastor Candace Pringle
Are you growing in your relationships with people right now?
Can you think of any extra “fences” in your life? Why did you put them there?
What is your favorite way to study the Word right now?
Would you classify Jesus as a front door friend, a dining room friend, or a kitchen friend? Why? (acquaintance, social friend, or best friend)
Where do you think you can improve in the area of judging other people?
Would you consider yourself a very grateful person? How do you practice gratitude in your life?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 3-10: Candace Pringle
What are you learning from God this week?
What do you think it means to be “lost”? Have you ever been lost?
Why do you think it’s so difficult for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God? Have you ever been in a place where you thought you didn’t need God?
Do you think you ever fall into the “religious” mindset? (Going through the motions, rather than pursuing relationship)
What role do you think humility plays in your faith?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF APRIL 25-MAY 1: Candace Pringle
What does the term “open heaven” mean to you now, after this series?
What do you think this scripture means? “‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4
How do you think you would hold up under temptation when you’re hungry and alone?
Do you arm yourself before the temptation comes? How?
Have you ever fasted? What was the experience like?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF APRIL 18-25: Candace Pringle
When you talk to your non-believing friends, what is their impression of church?
Do you think you ever let your emotions get in the way of serving Jesus?
What spiritual gifts do you think you operate in? (listed in the sermon notes here) Which do you want to operate in?
Which fruit of the Holy Spirit do you struggle with the most? (Galatians 5:22)
Do you still have questions about the Holy Spirit?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF APRIL 11-17: Pastor Candace Pringle
What has changed in your life because of Jesus?
What has been your experience with the Holy Spirit?
Do you think you choose short-term comfort over long-term peace a lot? Why or why not?
Are there areas in your life that you think you “stitch up the veil”? (put barriers between you and God’s presence)
Do you feel like you have the presence of God in your life regularly? Where do you feel it the most?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF APRIL 4-11: Pastor Jason Hollenbeck
What are your family’s Easter traditions?
What is something you learned about Passover from this sermon?
What are you most thankful for about Jesus?
How do you plan to grow spiritually this year?
What’s one thing God has been speaking to you lately?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MARCH 28-APRIL 3: Pastor Jason Hollenbeck
How would you explain the baptism in the Holy Spirit to a new believer?
Why do you think the Holy Spirit is so necessary to doing what God has called us to do?
What’s one new thing that you learned about the Holy Spirit this week?
What was your biggest takeaway from this series overall?
How do you plan to improve in your giving to God?
How do you plan to improve in telling people about Jesus?
How do you plan to improve in serving others?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MARCH 21-27: Candace Pringle
Would you say you are a good representation of the Kingdom of God? Why or why not?
What do you think it means, in today’s context, to love your enemies?
Do you serve the church? Do you enjoy it?
As a group, explain the phrase, “WE church, not ME church.”
Candace asked, “If I looked at your life from an outside perspective, would I be able to tell that you are a Jesus disciple?” (i.e. check book, calendar, friends, etc). Would she?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MARCH 14-21: Candace Pringle
Before you were a believer, which of the following 3 statements did you struggle with the most?
God is real.
God is good.
God loves you so much.
Have you ever been baptized in the Holy Spirit? What was that experience like?
Tell the group about the last time you told someone about Jesus.
What’s one thing that holds you back from telling people about Jesus?
What is your testimony? Tell the group the 2-minute version of your story with Jesus.
Who were you before Jesus?
What made you finally come to Him?
Who are you now?
Who are you praying for right now, to come to Jesus?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
LEADERS: I would encourage you to end your discussion today, by standing up, and praying TOGETHER. Take it seriously. Encourage everyone in the group to pray for the people they listed, out loud, and ask if anyone wants to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Pray that they would receive it tonight, even as they go home, or go to bed that night. (We had someone in Candace’s group receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit in the middle of the night lately, as she was praying!)
APPGROUPS WEEK OF MARCH 7-13: Pastor Candace Pringle
What’s one new thing you learned about tithing this week?
What’s one thing in the Word that you struggle to be obedient to?
Do you consider it a privilege to be able to give into the Kingdom of God? Why or why not?
Do you think you’ve ever brought God a “blemished” offering?
Are there behaviors in your life right now that you feel might limit your future?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
APPRGROUPS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 7: Pastor Candace Pringle
Do you feel like you’ve let laziness or discourgement win over your faith in the past year at all?
Would you say you have a love for the church?
Do you tithe? Why or why not?
Who was the last person you told about Jesus? How did it go?
Where do you serve within the church?
What is God calling you to do for Him right now?
What was your biggest takeaway from this sermon?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21-27: Jason Hollenbeck
Do you have dreams for your life? A bucket list?
Have you ever been called weird for following your convictions? Tell the group about it.
How do you fill your well (relationship with Jesus)?
What do you feel like God is calling you to right now?
What are you learning from God right now?
What was your biggest takeaway from this sermon?
APPGROUPS WEEK OF FEB 14-20: Candace Pringle
Do you ever ‘wrestle’ with the Word? What was the last piece of scripture that you struggled to understand with God?
Do you feel like you come into the church to take something, or to give something? Why do you think that?
Candace talked about two lies that we buy into after being a Christian for a while. Which one are you more likely to fall into?
I’m an inherently good person.
I’m too messed up for God to love me.
Tell the group a 2-min version of your testimony (how you came to Jesus).
How do you go about living as the salt and light of the world?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
