Group Discussion

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The following questions are meant to help your group enter into meaningful discussion that we pray will help you grow in your walk with God. They are simply a guide, so you don’t have to use or get through all of them. You may want to look through them ahead of time and identify the ones that would work well with your group. Any questions you don’t get to might be used by your group members for study and reflection in their personal devotional times. And if your group naturally breaks the ice, feel free to skip the icebreaker question. Remember, it’s all about community, so let the Spirit guide your discussion where He wants it to go.

ICEBREAKER:

Have you thought about what would be on your “bucket list?” Name some goals that would make the list. Most exciting? Challenging? (Have someone explain what a “bucket list” is.)

REFLECT:

  • How do you typically respond when things are not working out exactly the way you thought they would?
  • Pete described "The Wall" as a circumstance that turns your world upside down. Have you ever hit the wall in an area of your life? Has God ever stripped you of something that keeps you from him?
  • Pete said in the message on Sunday that, "Many of us fall victim to faithless lives because we buy into the illusion of control.” Name some examples of how you have tried to take “control” in the past?
  • Right now, what do you need to give God control of in your life?
  • Read Genesis 22:9-12. Abraham built altars so that he could remember God's faithfulness in his life. What are some practical ways to do that now?

RESPOND:

  • Take a few minutes at the end of your session to pray for people in your group that are hitting a wall right now. Pray that God will use this time to help them surrender everything to Him.
  • Are you willing, if necessary, to abandon the life we’ve planned and dreamed of in order to receive the life that our God has authored for you?