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#Goals #2: Good News - Don't Quit

  1. Share a time where you shared the gospel with another person. What was their response?

  2. Tell us about a time where you didn’t quit. What was the outcome?

  3. Do you have a time where you did quit? What resulted from that decision?

  4. Have you ever heard God audibly? Do you find that God tends to speak to you in a specific way?

  5. In the season you’re currently in, how has God shown you that you’re not alone?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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#Goals #1: To Win the Anchor Leg

  1. Are there ways you personally, are able to tell whether you’re growing with God or you’re becoming stagnant.

  2. Do you have any Goals you’re working towards in your walk with God?

  3. What is one of the purposes or callings God has given you in your life?

  4. For you, how does your faith contradict what you see?

  5. Why do you think God often utilizes desperation to release his will on Earth?

    a. Have you ever had a desperate moment where God intervened in your life?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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God With Us #4: Immanuel: Glory & Peace

  1. If you could visit the site of one Bible story which story would it be?

  2. How has God written himself into your story?

  3. Tells us a time where you identified or experienced God’s glory. Can you describe it?

  4. What peace do you find most difficult to have? Peace with God, Yourself or Others?

  5. Has God provided peace to a specific area of your life where you thought you’d never be at peace?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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God With Us #3: The Presence of Christmas

  1. Why is it so common for God to command us not to fear?

  2. Do you have fears you still struggle with? What fears have you overcome?

  3. How can a person know when their relationship with God has become more dependent on people than God?

  4. Are there certain life experiences or verses you look back too that give you hope?

  5. Are there specific verses you often declare during your prayer times? Which ones do you use most often?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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God With Us #2: He Is

  1. Have you ever been stuck living in your past? If yes, what was keeping you there?

  2. How were you able to become free of your past and move forward?
    a. If you’ve never been stuck in the past, is there anything you can identify that has kept you moving forward?

  3. Has there been a moment where you’ve had to surrender to God? What happened?
    a. Where did God begin to take you after you surrendered to him?

  4. Why do you think Jesus commands us to repent? How has repentance had an impact on your life?

  5. How is your prayer life? What have you been praying for?

  6. Has your understanding of the Bible been growing? What have you been reading?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway?

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God With Us #1: God is With Us

  1. Has God revealed to you any piece of his plan for your life?

  2. Do you have a dream for your life? Does it conform with what you know about God’s plan for you?

  3. Does knowing that we don’t have to figure everything out and we won’t get every question answered bring you peace or frustration?

  4. Our Job is to believe and God achieves. What have you believed God for that he has since achieved?

  5. Has there been a time where you had to trust God even when things didn’t make since?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Taking Ground #8: The Task of the Witness

  1. What have you been doing to obey the task given to us? (Great Commission)

  2. Enoch walked with God and he reveled the coming Judgment to him. Has God ever revealed anything to you about the future?

  3. Names in the Bible usually carry meaning. What does your name mean?

  4. Have you ever seen or been apart of a miracle? What happened?

  5. Have you ever been on a missions trip before?

    a. If you have, what do you remember most from your trip?

    b. If no, is there anything that has kept you from going on one?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Taking Ground #7: Testimony Weekend

Spend some time this week sharing your testimonies with the group, and asking each other questions. You can also brainstorm ways to share your testimony with your circle of influence in your own life, and share your biggest takeaway from the testimonies that were shared on Sunday.

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Taking Ground #6: The Helper

  1. Have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit? If so, what have you done with the power that comes with it?

  2. How are your thoughts, words and actions different since being baptized in the Holy Spirit?
    If you haven’t been baptized in the Holy Spirit how are you different since becoming a believer?

  3. Has the Holy Spirit ever spoken through you something that wasn’t premeditated?

  4. How does your body physically react to the presence of the Holy Spirit?

  5. Have you learned how to identify the voice of God?
    a. Do you have a story of being obedient to God’s voice even though you were unsure if it was actually him? What happened?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Taking Ground #5: Stages of Faith

  1. What stage of faith are you in? What in your life needs to grow in order to move into a new stage of faith?

    • Unbeliever

    • Believer

    • Disciple

    • Servant-Leader

    • Reproducer

  2. How are people able to observe your life as a believer and example of Christ?

  3. How do we meet the needs of those around us in a predominantly wealthy society?

  4. What skills would you say you’ve developed throughout your life experience?

    a. How has God used these skills to challenge you to do more for him?

  5. How is God moving you forward in your faith currently? What is new, what is challenging you, what are you learning that’s moving you along?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Taking Ground #4: The Game Plan

1. How have you prepared yourself for spiritual warfare in your life?

2. Do you find yourself content with the plans, purposes and gifts God has given you?
a. Have you struggled with desiring the purpose, roles and gifts God has given to others?

3. What are your weaknesses in life and how has God shown his strength through them?

4. Do you have an inner monologue?
a. Do you have an easier time discouraging or encouraging yourself?

5. In your view who are the core relationships that you have planted yourself in in your life?

6. What was your takeaway from this week?

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Taking Ground #3: What's Your Reason?

  1. How have you found the middle ground of Jesus’ ministry? Being apart of christian culture and secular culture so that you can still be a witness?

  2. Have you ever been apart of leading someone to Jesus? If yes, how?

  3. Do you know your testimony? If so, have you told your story to others before?

  4. Who were you before Jesus?

  5. What made you decide to give your life to him?

  6. How has life changed since Jesus?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Taking Ground #2: The Praying Church

  1. Would you say prayer is something that comes naturally to you? What spiritual discipline does come more naturally to you?

  2. What can you learn from how Jesus prayed and taught us to pray?

  3. What is your plan for prayer right now? How are they changing?

  4. Have you ever been prayed over to minister to others?

  5. Does your family tithe? Why or why not?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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Taking Ground #1: We Are His Army

  1. How were you different before Jesus?

  2. What do you think it means to break secrecy, and why is it so powerful?

  3. Would you call yourself a teachable (versus stubborn) person? Why or why not?

  4. What are some ways you give into the body of Christ? How are you using your gifts and talents within the church?

  5. Is there something new God is calling you to do right now?

  6. If a nonbeliever looked at your life, would they be able to see Jesus in you?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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Suit Up #8: Q&A

  1. What resonated with you most from this weeks Q&A?

  2. Did you have any lingering questions about the supernatural that weren’t answered in Suit Up?

  3. Do you view the authority you have as a Christian differently after Suit Up?

    a. What do you think is the gap between a believer who walks in their authority and one that doesn’t?

  4. How has your perspective of the armor of God changed after this series?

  5. Has your perspective on being obedient changed at all during this series?

  6. How can you go further with studying these subjects in your life?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this series overall?

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Suit Up #7: The Sword of the Spirit

  1. What has been the most challenging week (or most challenging piece of armor) of this series for you?

  2. How do you go about KNOWING the Word of God in your life? What are some methods you use to study the Bible?

  3. What do you think Hebrews 4:12 means?

  4. Have you ever used the 40 I Am’s? Did they make a difference in your life?

  5. How do you go about practicing the Word in your life?

  6. Would you say you do a good job of living out the Word?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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Suit Up #6: The Helmet of Salvation

  1. Has anything ever “hit you so hard it messed your mind up?” (crisis: relational, health, etc)

  2. How would you explain the helmet of salvation to a new believer?

  3. How has some of your thinking changed since becoming a believer?

  4. What would you say God has redeemed in your life since becoming a believer?

  5. How do you go about renewing your mind in every day life?

  6. What doubts have you had to reject lately?

  7. What do you think it means to keep an eternal perspective? How do you do that in your life?

  8. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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Suit Up #5: The Shield of Faith

  1. Have you ever placed your faith in the wrong things?
    a. What did you have faith in?
    b. What was the result?

  2. Faith is belief that causes action. What actions in your life are evidence of your faith?

  3. Is there a time where you feel like your faith failed?
    a. How did you come back from that?
    b. Do you have a story where your faith brought victory?

  4. Have you ever read through the great examples of faith in Hebrews 11?

    a. Are there any names on the list that shock and surprise you?

  5. What was your biggest takeaway?

  6. We listed some faithful actions, examples being: forgiveness, humility, knowing the word, fasting, repentance, and prayer. Is there an area that you would like prayer to be strengthened in? (Pray for the group)

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Suit Up #4: The Shoes of Peace

  1. Would you describe your life as peaceful?

    a. If not has there ever been a time in your life when it was? What changed?

  2. What does your sabbath day look like?

  3. Have you ever dabbled in the occult? What was the result? How did you get freed?

  4. Historically how do you deal with conflict in your life?

    a. Have you ever followed the steps laid out in Matthew 18 when dealing with conflict? If you have what was the result?

  5. Do you live like God is your provider?

    a. If so what does that look like to you?

    b. If not what needs to change?

  6. How well do you sleep every night? (Pray for those with sleep issues)

  7. What was your biggest takeaway?

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Suit Up #3: The Body Armor of Righteousness

  1. With important spiritual concepts like faith, salvation, God’s word etc. why do you think Paul places righteousness as the armor that protects our essential organs?

  2. When was the last time you read your Bible?

    a. Do you remember what you were reading?

    b. What did a good teach you through that passage?

  3. Do you notice a change when you aren’t spending time in the word consistently?

  4. How are we as a church body supposed to handle false prophets?

    a. Do you have a time where you have encountered one?

  5. How do you go about representing God to the non-believers in your life?

    a. How have you failed at representing God?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway?

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