What’s does your Bible time look like at home? (how often do you read it, for how long, etc)
How do you think you go about putting on the armor of God? (Ephesians 6:11-18)
How can we make sure that we don’t miss any pieces of it?
Why do you think the truth sets us free? What did Jesus mean by that?
How do we remain faithful to the teachings of Jesus? (John 8:31)
How would you define discernment? Do you think you have a good amount of it?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
What do you think the term “spiritual warfare” means?
How would you rate your discernment (the ability to judge well)?
Do you still have questions about the supernatural world? Share them with the group.
If a friend were being tormented by something they could not see, what advice would you give them?
Why do you think obedience is your number one defense against the enemy?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
How different do you think you would be if you had never experienced a wilderness moment in your life?
What season of hardship had the largest impact on shaping your life?
a. If God has lead you out of that season of hardship how did he do it?
b. If you’re still in that season, do you find that there are ways you’ve grown since it began?
Have you ever been surprised with what God’s testing revealed about your heart?
Do you have warning signs for when you start to slip into relying on your own strength?
a. What do you do to counter the temptation of self-reliance?
With foresight do you have an example of the perfection of God’s timing?
What was your biggest take away?
God has placed a song in our hearts to sing to bless us. Do you think you know what yours is? (Examples being, a prayer you find yourself repeating, a song that you constantly go to)
In prayer and worship we enter into God’s presence, when we enter into his presence it’s all about him.
a. Does that make you think differently about your time of praise and prayer?
b. Is there anything that needs to change?Do you have any strategies to prepare yourself and remain focused in times of praise and/or prayer?
God doesn’t just hear our prayers, he answers them. He’s already answered them. Tell us about a time he answered your prayers.
How does Jesus provide you with rest and peace?
What was your biggest takeaway?
Jesus said we are truly his disciples if we remain faithful to his teachings, which come from his word. What has God been teaching you lately in your time with him?
Have there been truths you’ve had to unlearn since becoming a Christian? What were they?
Being a slave to Christ isn’t a common way we describe Christianity in our culture, does this make you think about your relationship with God in new ways?
Biblical Freedom has a cost, we have to give up the lies that we believed to be true. But for some of us it costs us this and more. What other things did you have to give up to follow Jesus?
From your own walk as a believer how would you describe what it’s like to be / live Biblically Free?
What was your biggest takeaway?
Have you ever had to choose to face difficulty in your life before God was able to step in and face it with you?
Do you struggle at staying focused? What strategies have you found work best at navigating daily distractions?
There isn’t always answers for all we go through in life. Have there been questions you’ve held onto that you eventually had to surrender to God?
When the Bible says believers have authority what does that mean? How do you assert this authority in your day to day?
Have you ever let labels and lies rule your life? What did you have to go through to replace those lies with truth?
What was your biggest takeaway this week?
Have there been bad things in your life that over time you’ve come to realize were not really bad things?
Have there been “midnight singing” moments in your life? What happened?
Historically how do you find yourself reacting when trouble comes in your life? Has there been a noticeable difference since becoming a Christian?
Do you feel like you’ve often experienced bad outcomes for doing good things? If so has that ever hindered you from doing good?
Do you have a “suddenly” story in your life? Where God intervened in what seemed like an impossible situation?
What stuck with you the most from this weeks message?
What do you think it means to love God with ALL your heart, ALL your soul, ALL your mind?
Do you think you’ve every been guilty of asking God, “what can I get away with?” or “what’s the least amount of work I need to do to still be blessed by You?”
What do you think “When you’re in obedience, God is your defender” means?
Can you think of an example from your life of the principle, “faithful with a little, you’ll also be faithful with much”?
Why can doubting God’s Word be dangerous?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
What does your prayer life generally look like? When do you pray? What do you pray for?
What are some of your immovable beliefs in your life? (some things you believe that guide you and won’t change. Candace’s are: The Bible is true. Jesus Christ is the perfect son of God. God is good.)
What is something you read in the bible lately that you didn’t understand?
What is God doing in your life right now?
What questions are you asking God right now?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
Do you think you are ever a spoiled, rotten brat with God? How so?
Has the Bible ever offended you? Why?
Would you say that Jesus has ever asked you to give up an idea, opinion, or attitude you held? What was it?
How would you define a disciple of Jesus?
Do you think you’ve ever been guilty of having a “starving spirit”? How so?
How do you think you need to become more mature in your faith right now?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
Do you have a memory where God gave you a new understanding of who he is? What happened?
Has God revealed any plans he has for your life? What are they?
Have you ever protested against God’s plans for you?
Do you have recurring doubts in your life? What are they and how do you respond to them?
Has God ever responded to you after you asked him a wrong question? How’d he respond?
What did you take away from this week?
Do you think you’ve ever asked God a wrong question? What was the question?
Would you say your questions to God are usually selfish?
Do you struggle with allowing God to control more of your life?
How do you think we can remind ourselves every day that God can see the bigger picture, and we can’t?
Is there something in your life that you need closure about right now?
What do you think you’re being called to do right now by God?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
Have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit? If yes, how has it changed you?
Do you have a story where God turned a bleak situation and worked it out for your good?
Do you think you have trouble distinguishing between what is and isn’t miraculous?
Paul had a community of believers to lift him up. How has your life been impacted by the believers around you?
What has God “raised to life” in your life?
What was your biggest takeaway?
Do you often struggle to understand the Bible when you read it?
What techniques do you use when reading to help you understand the Bible better?
Which of the 4 descriptions of dirt would you describe yourself as? (Matthew 13:1-9)
What different types of dirt have you been in your life?
How’d you change?
Why do you think Jesus spoke using stories rather than straightforward explanations?
(Other than to fulfill prophecy)What was your biggest takeaway?
Would you say you’ve ever been on the fringe or hanging on by a thread? What happened?
Have you been healed by God? If not, do you know someone who has?
Are you a joyful person? Has God impacted your level of joy?
Jesus is described as a “man of sorrows aquatinted with grief.” As a group discuss how this changes our interaction with God.
What comes to your mind when you hear “Jesus will restore you?”
What was your biggest takeaway?
Can you identify red flags in your life that warn you if your body is not remaining a sacrifice to God?
Were there specific behaviors or customs you wrestled with when you became a new believer? Have you overcome them?
How have you begun to think differently since you’ve become a christian?
Have you learned anything about God’s will for your life?
Has anyone close to you ever acknowledged the changes in your life?
What was your biggest takeaway?
What is your spiritual gift? How did you find out this was your gift?
How do you use your gifts to be productive at home and in the church?
How did you get involved at FV?
Who do you find yourself going to first with your problems? Why that person?
Why do you think God isn’t always the go to when talking about our problems?
What was your biggest takeaway?
(When you’re closing ask someone to pray for God to send workers into the church)
Pastor Candace has been talking a lot about Sabbaths and Sabbaticals lately. How do you make sure you get your rest weekly?
Read John 5:1-15 again as a group. What do you find most interesting about this passage?
What is the last question God asked you?
Would you say you give God excuses a lot? What’s one excuse you’ve given Him?
What do you think it means to see God as your “source”?
What was your biggest takeaway from this message?
What is your favorite Easter tradition?
“Come near to God and he will come near to you”. Is there a moment that comes to mind when you hear this verse?
Has there been a time when you added prerequisites to your relationship with God?
How has God broken the prerequisites you placed in your relationship?
God wants to be known by you. What has he taught you about himself lately?
Have you ever celebrated communion outside of church? Why or why not?
What was your biggest takeaway?
1. How does your family celebrate Easter each year?
2. As a group, list some things you believe Jesus cares about, and some things that He doesn't.
3. What was the object lesson of the fig tree meant to teach the disciples? What has it taught you?
4. How are you being fruitful right now?
5. Why did Jesus flip tables in the temple? And what does that mean for us?
6. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?