THESE DISCUSSION STARTERS ARE INTENDED FOR USE AS GUIDELINES, BUT NOT GUARD-RAILS. LISTEN TO EACH OTHER + LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. WHETHER YOU ARE HEARING A MESSAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR DIVING DEEPER... THIS SPACE IS FOR YOU.
CONTAGIOUS LOVE
MATTHEW 24:3-14 ESV
"CONTAGIOUS LOVE SPREADS WHEN WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY."
QUESTION 1
IN A SOCIETY OFTEN PLAGUED BY DIVISION AND HATE, HOW CAN CHRIST FOLLOWERS SPREAD UNITY AND CONTAGIOUS LOVE?
QUESTION 2
WHAT COULD MAKE YOUR LOVE MORE 'CONTAGIOUS' (HOW CAN YOU LOVE MORE LIKE JESUS)?
QUESTION 3
WHAT COULD MAKE CONTAGIOUS LOVE SPREAD MORE QUICKLY IN YOUR LIFE?
PATIENCE ZERO
1 Peter 5:4-11 ESV
"YOU ARE EITHER SPREADING ATTITUDE OR GRATITUDE."
QUESTION 1
DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU BECAME IMPATIENT WITH GOD OR OTHERS.
QUESTION 2
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR LEVEL OF HUMILITY AND OUR LEVEL OF 'ATTITUDE'?
QUESTION 3
'GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE'. WHAT IS GOD SHOWING US HERE?
ELECT SHUNNED
"THE KINGDOM OF GOD - THE CHASM OF POLITICS"
QUESTION 1
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE INITIATING A FRIENDSHIP WITH SOMEONE WITH A DIFFERENT POLITICAL STANCE THAN YOU?
IFSO, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU'VE DONE SO. IF NOT, WHY NOT?
QUESTION 2
WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF REFUGE WALKING OUT THE ACTS 2 42-47 MODEL?
QUESTION 3
WHAT PRACTICAL STEPS CAN THE CHURCH TAKE TO CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR IMMEDIATE CHURCH FAMILY?
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-28 ESV
"DON'T JUST BE A WITNESS OF JESUS...BE A WITNESS FOR JESUS."
QUESTION 1
IF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE GOSPEL, WHY DO WE STRUGGLE BELIEVING IN IT?
QUESTION 2
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BELIEVING IN JESUS AND FOLLOWING JESUS?
QUESTION 3
WHAT IS ONE HURT (PAIN), HABIT (PRACTICE), OR HANG-UP (PERSPECTIVE) THAT JESUS ALLOWED YOU TO WALK OUT OF?
UNQUARANTINED
TESTING POSITIVE
JAMES 1:2-21 ESV
"CONTAGIOUS LOVE SPREADS WHEN WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY."
QUESTION 1
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEMPTATION AND TESTING (SEE VS 13-14)?
SEE
QUESTION 2
DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU 'TESTED NEGATIVE' TO GOD'S TEST.
QUESTION 3
DESCRIBE A TIME WHERE YOU 'TESTED POSITIVE' DURING A TRIAL.
JOHN 20:24-29 ESV
"FAITH LEAVES A GAP FOR GOD TO SEE SOMETHING WE CAN'T SEE & DO SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO."
QUESTION 1
THOMAS DEMANDED PROOF OF WHAT OTHERS HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED WITH JESUS. HAVE YOU EVER DOUBTED JESUS' BEFORE YOU EXPERIENCED HIM FOR YOURSELF? EXPLAIN.
QUESTION 2
HOW DOES JESUS FEEL ABOUT OUR QUESTIONS? EXPLAIN.
QUESTION 3
WHAT QUESTION COULD YOU GIVE TO JESUS TODAY?