Questions for week May 29th - June 4th

For God and Country


1) Just for Fun: Have you ever served in the military, or have any family who serve(d) in the military?

2) Although there are many things that may be wrong with our great nation, what are some of the things you are thankful for?

3) Read 1 Timothy 2:1-3 “I urge you first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them. intercede on their behalf and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and for all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and blessed lives marked by Godliness and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God."

• Who are the hardest people for you to pray for?
• Who are the easiest people for you to pray for?
• According to these verses, what is good and pleasing to God?

4) Of the 5 things Mark encouraged us to do as we move forward in 2016, which is the easiest for you to do and which is the hardest?

• Pray for your leaders
• Remember the fallen and honor them with your vote
• Recommit ourselves to live out a life that honors God
• Communicate the truth of our heritage to the next generation
• Remember that God is sovereign, keep our trust in Him and never panic

5) Was there anything specific that impacted you the most about this message?

Close your time together praying for our church, our country and our future.

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Questions for week May 22nd - 28th

#THESTRUGGLEISREAL

Overcoming Offense

1) Ice Breaker Question: Describe your perfect day off.

2) Sometimes it’s the smallest of things could cause offense, like someone cutting you off in traffic.  What is one of the smallest things you have experienced that caused you to be offended?

3) It is easier for some people to offer grace than others.  What is your first go to when you are offended by a person’s actions or comments- do you offer grace and the benefit of the doubt assuming maybe the person had a bad day, or do you get offended?

4) Has someone offended you in the past and you now recognize that you have placed a label on them and they are forever known to you by that action?  

5) Have you ever put a label on a person, and then once you really got to know them you realized they were nothing like you thought?  Do you think someone has ever put a label on you that was not a true picture of who you really are?

6) Why do you feel we find it so hard to forgive others especially when we ourselves are in such need of it?

7) Read Romans 12:3. What does this verse mean to you?

8) Was there ever a time in your life that someone offended you and you were able, through God’s grace, to forgive and allow God to heal you?  What was your greatest lesson you learned from this time in your life?

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Questions for week May 15th - 21st

A Turn for the Best

1) Just for fun: What are you most fearful of (Ex: snakes, spiders, green frogs, etc.)?

2) Our take a way truth for this message was, God often uses the most painful moments of our lives to set us on a path of incredible purpose. What painful moments have you encountered that God has used to create a path to your true purpose?

3) Have you ever experienced a detour in life; something that was not part of your life plan? How has God used that to create amazing purpose in your life?

4) Do you see a difference in your life when you live dependently on God than when you are living dependently on yourself or others?  What difference do you see and experience? What can you do daily to stay dependent on God?

5) The longer you wait the more you appreciate. Have you ever waiting for something, that after the wait was over, you appreciated it more than you would have if it would have come fast and easy?

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Questions for week May 8th - 14th

Mother's Day at CCA

1) Just for Fun: What was your favorite meal your mom, aunt or grandmother cooked?

2) The world has definitely changed since the times Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba lived in.  Think back to when you were younger. What are some of the biggest changes in our culture you have noticed since that time?

3) Have you ever truly allowed God to rewrite your story? If not, what is holding you back? If so, what has God done since that time?

4) When you look at your friends and family dealing with sinful issues, do you see their plans for their lives, or can you see God’s bigger plan for their lives? How can you help them to see God’s best for them?

5) Of the three points in the message, which one has meant the most to you in your walk with Christ?

God’s grace is greater than our sinful decisions.

While we are products of our past, we don’t have to be prisoners of it.

Never let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.

6) We tend to shrink back from people like the four women listed in question #2 because we don’t want to get involved in their messy lives. Is there a messy person or family member God is nudging you to reach out to? What is one tangible step you can take to engage this person?

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Questions for May 1st - 7th

Worth Fighting For

1) Just for fun: Finish this sentence, People might be surprised to find out that I _________________.

2) In your relationships, what is your natural tendency, to be quick to listen or quick to talk? How has that helped or hurt you in the past?

3) If you have grown in your communication skills share with the group the lessons you have learned and how your communication has changed your everyday life for the better? 

4) Of the three wise instructions for better relationships (Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to get Angry) which one is the easiest for you to do?  Which one is the most difficult for you to do?  And why?

5) What about Sunday's message Worth Fighting For impacted you the most? And what changes do you plan to begin making in the way you communicate with your mate and others?

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Questions for week April 17th - 23rd

Christian Atheist

Part 3

I Believe in God But don't really have a Passion for God

 

1) Just for fun: What were you passionate about as a kid? (Playing team sports, hanging out with friends, etc.)

2) What is something you are very passionate about today(a hobby, family, etc.)? Where do you think that passion came from want drives it (maybe your father took you hunting as a child, and you love to the stillness of the woods and it calms your soul. Or you had an illness that drives you to help others with the same illness)?

3) Pastor Mark listed 6 ways our passion for God could be drained. Of these 6 listed below, which one can you identify the most with?

• An unbalanced schedule
• An unused talent
• An unconfessed sin
• An unresolved conflict
• An unsupported lifestyle
• An unclear purpose

4) Who is someone that you know is VERY passionate about God and advancing his kingdom?  What in their life do you see that identifies them as having that passion? What things in their life do you feel you need to adopt in your own life?

5) Do you think you are more passionate today than you were when you first started following Christ? Or is it the opposite, do you feel less passionate today than when you first started following Christ?

Close your time together praying for God to ignite those in your your group with a renewed passion for him and the purposes for which he has placed us here for... to Love God, Love People and Serve Others.

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Questions for week April 10th - 16th

Christian Atheist
Part 2
I Believe in God, but I'm Skeptical of His Will for My Life



1) Just for fun: Pastor Mark talked about the time when there were only three different choices of Ice Cream Flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

2) Read Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 14:27, Proverbs 22:4 and Psalms 36:1-2.

• What’s your gut definition of fearing God? How does the word fear make you feel about God?

3) The fear of the Lord is an ongoing attitude of our heart that moves us to choose over and over again to obey God when it’s easier to do something else. The greatest evidence of the fear of God is complete obedience to God.

• Share a story of a time when your fear of the Lord led to a wise decision, a fuller life, success, honor, or health.

4) Read John 8:4-11. Place yourself in this scene.  

• What would be the emotions of the woman as she is “caught in the act” of adultery?  
• What would you be thinking as part of the crowd gathered around Jesus when this scene unfolds?  
• What is the emotional element gripping the woman’s accusers?

5)  These religious leaders were trying to trap Jesus. If he answered, "stone her,” he would be in trouble with Roman Law which forbade local governments to impose the death penalty without their permission. But if Jesus answered, "let her go," he would be going against the Mosaic Law that called for the death of an adulterer.

"But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. . ."

• Where do you think the crowd’s attention has been focused while all this was going on? In other words, who do you think people are staring at?
• The Bible never tells us what Jesus wrote on the ground. What do you think He could have been writing?
• What can we learn from Jesus about helping someone who has fallen?
• Share a time when you experienced undeserved grace. How did it impact your life?

6) When it comes to the word of God, we have to obey all of it, not just the parts we like. Is this something you have struggled to overcome in your life? How are you dealing with this now? 

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