Great Food Ideas

Hey Leaders!

I wanted to share with you a great idea Susan Seidel had for her Life Group that has helped them with planning their meetings.  At the beginning of 2013 she found a website that listed the days that certain foods are celebrated as a "National Holiday" of sorts.

The week of their meeting they would use the "holiday" as a theme for the food for the night they met.  They have had huge success with this and their group members really get into it and LOVE bringing the different and unique foods.

Here is what Susan put together for the first of the year.  I hope this idea helps you when planning out your meetings!

Tina

Questions for week July 28th - August 3rd

Wild Goose Chase

Part 2

I Got the Power

1) Just for fun: Fall and the holiday season is fast approaching, what are you looking toward to the most this year?

2) Have you ever met or knew another christian that seemed to have more spiritual more power than you? What was it about their life that caused you to know something was different about them?

3) When it comes to sharing Christ with others, do you find it easy or difficult? What causes it to find it either easy or difficult? Share your experiences with telling others about Christ.

4) The Holy Spirit gives you power when you are weak. How have you experienced this in your life?

5) God alone is the source of all our hope. If you are dealing with hopelessness today, share it with your life group. They are here to support you, pray for you and walk with you through the difficult times in life. They love you.  (Leaders, you can rephrase that to come from you.  Love them and encourage them at this difficult time. This is a great scripture to read to them Ephesians  3:16-19.)

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Questions for week July 21st- 27th

Wild Goose Chase 
Part 1

1) Just for fun: If you could plan your ultimate vacation, where would you go?

2) If you grew up in church, what kind of church were you raised in? What was the perception of the Holy Spirit in your church? If you did not grow up in church, what was your perception and understanding of God and the church?

3) The Holy Spirit was given to the church for the purposes of UNITING us, not DIVIDING us. How have you seen the church divided over doctrine or opinions of God?

4) Describe your relationship with your BFF (best friend forever). How does the knowledge that the Holy Spirit is our BBF too change your thoughts of Him? That He can encourage you, help you, and walk with you through life just as your best friends do?

Close in prayer asking God to allow you and your group to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's presence in your lives like never before.

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Questions for week July 7th - 13th

Be Bold, Part 2
Bold Obedience

Feel free to go back to last week's questions for the first part of Be Bold and go over a few of those too.

1) Just for fun, what was your favorite childhood toy?

2) Has God ever prompted you to do something that you did NOT respond with obedience? Why did you choose not to respond?

3) Has God ever prompted you to do something that you DID respond in obedience? What was the result of your obedience?

4) Have you ever experienced opposition when you made the decision to answer a call of God? How did you remain faithful to the call?

5) Has your obedience to a call ever required for you to possess GREAT faith to walk it out?  

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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?

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