Questions for week Nov 29th - Dec 5th

This is How we Change the World 

Spiritual Contributors > Spiritual Consumers

1) Just for Fun: What makes you get in the Christmas spirit?

2) Italian Friar Francis of Assisi said, “Preach the Gospel at ALL times and, when necessary, use words.” 

• How does this quote challenge you? 
• How is serving one way of “preaching the Gospel?”
• Which do you feel is more important, telling people about Jesus with words or serving them with actions?

3) Tell about a time when someone thought of you and served you instead of themselves. 

• How did that blessing affect you?
• Who was it that blessed you? Did you get a chance to thank them or bless them back? 
• Was God glorified as you received a blessing from someone who humbled themselves to serve you? 

4) Throughout Jesus’ ministry, what type of people did he minister to, heal and serve?

• What does that say about whom we should serve?
• Why is it easier to serve some people than others?

5) What are some of your strongest talents and gifts? What makes you unique?

• Read 1 Corinthians 12:7-12
• Do you believe that our strengths and talents come from God?
• According to verses 7,  why do we have spiritual gifts?

As you close your time together, think of some ways you can serve others this Christmas season as a life group. And if someone in your group is interested in serving at CCA, point them to the Serving tab our website ccalachua.com for their next step.

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Questions for week Nov 22nd - 28th

This is How We Change the World
Whatever it takes to Get them to Jesus


1) Just for Fun: Do you have a Thanksgiving tradition? If so, what is it?

2) Share one of your first memories of being in a church building.

3) Read Matthew 28:18-20, known as the Great Commission. How do you feel you fit in with the Great Commission? Is it something you struggle to understand?

4) How has attending CCA changed your life, family, relationships and walk with God?

5) What impacted you the most from this sermon?


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Questions for week Nov 15th - 21st

In the Dirt

Pastor Robby Rassel

Just for fun:

• Thanksgiving is right around the corner. What do you have planned? Any family traditions?
• Robby told a story about getting stuck in the mud. Has anyone ever been mudding before and got stuck in the mud?

(Go back and read the story from Sunday found in John 8:1-11)

1. One of the takeaways from Sunday was God’s great grace is greater than my many mistakes. How would you define grace? 

2. One way of defining God’s grace is that we get what we DON’T deserve (Christ!). How do you think that should effect the way we live our lives?

3. In the story of the woman caught in adultery, it says Jesus got down and wrote in the dust. What do you think he wrote?

4. Our dirt doesn't detour Jesus. What does that statement mean to you?

5. Jesus doesn't tell us to clean ourselves up before we come to him. He invites us to come just as we are. How should this effect the way we reach out to other people?

6. Jesus loves us just like we are, but he loves us too much to allow us to stay just like we are. Jesus wants to change us from the inside out to be more like Him. What area of your life do you feel like you need to surrender fully over to Jesus?

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Questions for week November 8th - 14th

Game Changing Generosity
This is How we Change the World Part 2


1) Just for fun: Have you began your Christmas shopping? Are you last minute kind of shopper? Do you have a strategy when it comes to Christmas shopping?

2) Who is the most generous person you know in the world today? Why would you describe them in this way? 

3) Most people say that if they win the lottery they will be more generous but statistically this just isn’t true. Why do you think so? 

4) Read Genesis 12:2 and Proverbs 22:9. When you seek to be a blessing, you receive the blessing. 

• What could God do in our Life Group, in our church if each one of us invested our time, ability, money into blessing others?
• Is there someone or some family that we can bless as a Life Group? 

5) What idea, phrase, scripture, or story from Sunday’s message has changed your understanding of generosity? In what way has your understanding been changed?

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Questions for week Nov 1st - 7th

This is How we Change the World
High Octane Faith


1) Just for fun: Tis the season for everything pumpkin, especially pumpkin pie! If you were a pie, which one would you be and why?

2) Read 2 Chronicles 16:9.

• What is the prerequisite for God to show His strength and might through someone?
• How has God shown His strength though you lately? 

3) God wants to do GREAT things through us. What are some of the hinderances to this in our lives?

How do we overcome those hinderances?

4) Read Mark 6:5-6 and Luke 7:7-9. Jesus was amazed by their lack of faith in Mark and amazed by their great faith in Luke. Who is someone you know that you are amazed by their great faith? How does their great faith affect the people around them? 

5) There are 3 faith filled facts found in Hebrews:

-You cannot always play it safe and please God

-As long as you have a  guarantee, you don't have faith

-To step towards your destiny, you will have to step away from your security 

Of these three, which one impacted you the most when you heard it?

6) In what ways would your future look different if you decided to step out in faith toward your destiny today?

End your time together praying for God to help you and your group live a life pleasing to God filled with audacious faith!

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Questions for week Oct 25th - 31st

This is Only a Test



1) Just for Fun: Did you Trick or Treat as a kid, and if so, what was your favorite Halloween costume?

2) Define “joy” by answering the following-

• How is “joy” distinct from “happiness” (see 2 Cor 6:10,7:4-6)?
• What is the opposite of “joy”?
• Notice that “joy” in verse 2 is linked to “faith” in verse 3. What must we choose to believe if we are to “consider trials joy”?
•  Summary: based on your answers, define “joy” in your own words.

3) Why should we rejoice when we face trials?

• What reasons does James give in this passage (1:2-8,12)?
• What other reasons are given in these cross-references: Romans 5:3-4; James 5:10- 11; 1 Peter 1:6-9? 

4) James exhorts us to ask God for wisdom to apply 1:2-4, but to ask “in faith without any doubting.” What exactly does it mean to ask in faith instead of in “doubt”? Hints: (1) the Greek word “doubt” literally means “to divide, separate;” (2) notice how James describes the doubter in 1:8 as “double-minded.” 

What effect does doubt have on you when you pray? (1:6-8) What doubts have you struggled with concerning God?

5) How have you seen your faith grow as a result of tests and trials in your life?

6) How have you been able to use your growth to help others going through similar situations?


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Questions for week Oct 18th - 25th

When the Dream Runs Out


1) Just for fun: What is the most memorable moment you experienced at a wedding? 

2) What emotions do you go through when a dream in your life has yet to come to fruition? Do you find yourself wanting to give up, or fight harder?

3) Wedding time-

• What makes weddings so special?
• What can make weddings a difficult time?
• Why do people want their wedding to be perfect?

4) Read John 2:1-11

If you had been one of the servants how would you have felt about Jesus?  

The servants did not know they were taking wine to the master, how would you have felt if you were carrying what you thought was water to the master of the banquet?
The servants willingly took the water to the master, what does this say about them?
What do you think the servants thought when they heard that the water they brought had miraculously been turned into wine?

5) Why is it significant in your life that Jesus turned water into wine? (A possible answer- It shows He cares about things important to people)

6) The master of the banquet said the bridegroom had saved the best wine until last, what does this say about the miracle Jesus performed? What hope does this give you when looking for your own miracle?

7) Read Galatians 6:7-9. What could cause us to become weary of doing good? How can we stay the course?

End your time praying for God to help the members of your group stay the course and not grow weary while waiting for their miracle. 


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