Questions for week June 30th - July 6th

Be BOLD
Part 1

1) Just for fun: What was your favorite TV show when you were growing up?

2) What is the boldest thing you have ever done?

3) One of the points Pastor Mark made was, "Boldness is behavior that is born out of belief", What belief caused you to be bold in the previous question?

4) Who is an ordinary person you know that you have seen God use in an extraordinary way?  How has their bold actions affected you and those around them?

5) Pastor Mark asked this great question during his message, "When was the last time someone was amazed by your boldness for Christ?" What would your answer be? If it has been a while or never, pray as a life group for God to open the doors of opportunity for each of you to be bold for Him. 

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Questions for week June 23rd - 29th

1) Just for fun: As a child, what were you most afraid of? 

2) Pastor Mark talked about how we often do many things in life never realizing why we do them. He gave the example of the daughter cutting the edges off the roast. Come to find out, she did it because here mom and grandmother did it. Is there anything you can think of that you or someone else does not really knowing why you do it?

3) The first thing we are encouraged to do before taking communion is to look inward at ourselves. As you do this and examine your heart, where are you in your spiritual walk with God? Do you feel as close as you have ever been, or do you feel you have become distant from God?  What has led to either of these two in your life?

4) The Bible tells us that Jesus IS coming back again.  What are some of the things you are looking forward to when this happens (Ex: see loved ones, no more sickness, etc.)?

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Questions for week June 16th - 22nd

The Power of Being Second

1) For fun, what city, state and hospital were you born in and is there anything interesting about that city, state or hospital?  (Example: Pastor Mark was born in Pahokee, FL. Country singer Mel Tillis was born there too.)

2) Are you a competitive person?  If you are, what area does it show up in the most (sports, career, etc)?

3) Sampson had conquered everything and everyone but himself and there were three attitudes that made him weak.  The first one was lust which says I want it. Was there a time in your life where you lusted for something and put it first before God (Career, your kids, relationships, material things, etc) and how did you overcome those desires to put God first?

4) The second attitude was entitlement that says I deserve it. Have you ever dealt with anyone who has this attitude?  Why do feel they thought they deserved what they wanted?  Have you ever been that person who felt they were entitled?

5) The last attitude was pride that says I can handle it.  Read 1 Corinthians 10:12-13

Has there ever been something in your life, or the life of someone close to you, that you/they thought you/they could handle?  How did it turn out?  What lessons did you or they learn from it?

You can go to iamsecond.com to view more I Am Second videos.

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Questions for week June 9th - 15th

Healthy Families

1) What are some things you do around babies that you don't do around anyone else?

2) Caleb shared that parents have on average 3000 hours to influence a child in a year compared to 40 hours at church. What are some small things you can do as a parent to spend your time better with them?

If you don't have kids, what are some ways you can influence the kids in your life?

3) Caleb made the point that there's no way to be a perfect husband, wife or child but there are a hundred ways to be a great one. What comes to mind when you think of a great husband, wife or child?

4) What are some ways you can have fun as a family? What are some free things you can do enjoy some of your time together?

5) What is the greatest advice you would give to parents that you wish someone would have shared with you when you were raising your kids?

Questions for week June 2nd-8th

Finish.

1) Have you ever did something physically exhausting like a 5k, hike a trial, boot camp, marathon, etc?

2) If you could do one crazy activity as a life group what could it be? Make some plans and accomplish that goal.

3) When Jay asked the question... “Are we living to finish well?”

What emotions or thoughts came to mind?

4) How can we make sure we don’t get to the end of our life and ask “What do you do when it’s too late to chase your dreams?”

5) In life, when have you found yourself limping or walking?

6) Have you ever went through an experience or sin that made you feel like you were disqualified from the race? Do you feel that way now? 

7) How can Sunday's message help us understand that disqualification doesn't have to be our future?

8) Read 2 Timothy 4:7-8 

What hope do you have that you can RUN the race of life and finish strong?

9) Discuss how we can follow in the footsteps of Paul and finish strong.

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Questions for week May 26th - June 1st

Life Wide Open

1) Ice Breaker Question- As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up?

2) Have you ever experienced a moment where you realized how fast life was passing by? How did it effect you?

3) Jesus said in John 10:10, I have come that you may have live, and that you may have it more abundantly. On a scale of 1-10 how abundant do you feel your life is at present?  

If someone's answer was that they don't feel their life is very abundant, how would you encourage them?

4)  Tina talked about how we place ceilings (or limitations) in our lives by saying, "We can go no higher than this", "be no greater than this." What are some of the ceilings that you have placed in your life?  Has God ever ripped the ceiling off and showed you what you can do and be?

5) In what area of your life do you feel God is using you to fulfill His purpose in this generation?

6) When all is said in done in your life, what do you hope will have been said and done?

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Questions for week May 19th - 25th

Overcoming Offense

1) Ice Breaker Question: What is one thing you have accomplished in your life that you never thought you could? 

2) In the sermon Mark mentioned that 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, like 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) 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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