January 5, 2025

1. Listen to God’s voice through creation. (Psalm 19:1-4)

2. A picture of our life in nature—magnetism. (II Corinthians 12:6-9)

3. Our weakness translated into our relationships—pride and humility. (I Peter 5:5-6)

4. Jesus shows us how. (Philippians 2:5-11)

5. The humbling process has two parts—receiving help and giving help. Another picture in nature—darkness and light. (Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-5)

6. Light always overcomes darkness.

7. Sin is the absence of God’s presence.

December 29, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 148.

Wherever you are, whatever you’re going through, praise the Lord.

December 22, 2024

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7.

1. What does it mean to have faith that is anticipating?

2. How do you flex the muscle of faith? What does that look like in your life?

3. What does it mean to put your weight on something spiritually?

4. What is the difference between faith in Christ vs. the faith of Christ? Why is this important?

5. How can you rest in the faith of Christ?

December 15, 2024

Scripture: Romans 14:17.

1. List three things you can be grateful for this Christmas season.
2. How would you rate your practice of gratitude?
3. Why and in what ways is it linked to joy?
4. How is “Christ our joy” and what does that look like?
5. In what ways is happiness different from joy?

December 8, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 131.

1. Where does peace seem to leak out of your life? What places or moments do you feel the most unsettled?

2. Do you ever experience pride getting in the way of peace? How does that happen?

3. What does it look like to leave weighty concerns to the Lord? How do you do that?

4. In what ways can you slow down and quiet yourself before the Lord?

5. How does the advent season remind us that Jesus is our peace?

December 1, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 25:10.

1. How do you define hope?
2. We are reminded in Psalm 25:10 that all the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness. What does this mean for you in this season?

November 24, 2024

Scripture: Mark 3:20-35.

1. What does it mean to take the claims of Jesus seriously?

2. How does the great trilemma help with this?

3. How does Jesus prove that He is not a lunatic? Or a liar?

4. How can you make sure Jesus is Lord of your life?

5. In what specific ways today can you trust Jesus?

November 17, 2024

Scripture: Mark 3:7-19.

1. Why do people come to Jesus? Why do you?

2. What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?

3. How do you become a disciple of Jesus? What does this look like?

4. Who are the disciples of Jesus? What does this mean for you?

5. In what ways can you grow in your discipleship to Jesus?

November 10, 2024

Scripture: Mark 3:1-6.

1. What is a practice of rest and refreshment that Jesus is inviting you to practice in this season of your life?
2. What are the ways that you are tempted to add to or subtract from God’s law that distorts its original purpose to help people flourish?
3. Where do you need to humbly surrender to Jesus to experience His miracle-working power in your life?

November 3, 2024

Scripture: Mark 2:23-28.

1. Why do you think Jesus told the story of King David eating the consecrated bread? What purpose did it serve?

2. Why is the Gospel of Mark making sure we understand the authority of Jesus? How is this important in your life?

3. What is the point of the law given to us from God?

4. Why is it important that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath?

5. How can you delight in the law of the Lord?

October 27, 2024

Scripture: Mark 2:18-22.

1. Do you ever struggle with feeling spiritually elite? What does that look like?

2. What can you do about this attitude?

3. In what ways do you anticipate and celebrate Jesus in your life?

4. Why is Jesus’ teaching on the kingdom so new? And why is that important?

5. What does it mean to find new life in Jesus?

October 20, 2024

Scripture: Mark 2:13-17.

1. Why is it easy to be forgiven but hard to forgive?

2. Who is it in your life that you have a hard time forgiving or seeing forgiven?

3. Why can’t we earn or achieve forgiveness or healing?

4. What does it mean to know that you need a doctor?

5. What does that look like in your life?

October 13, 2024

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12.

1. Who am I?

2. Is your identity based on your earthly father or your Father in heaven?

3. Do you want to be well?

4. Who needs forgiveness in your life?

5. Are you willing to suffer together to heal?

October 6, 2024

Scripture: Mark 1:35-45.

1. How would Jesus live your life if He were you?

2. What does it look like to live with intentionality?

3. What is one way you can put that into practice this week?

4. What does it look like to abide in Jesus? How can you put that into practice?

5. What does it look like to overflow? In what ways can you overflow?

September 29, 2024

Scripture: Mark 1:21-34.

Main Points:

• Jesus has authority.
• Demons are real, but Jesus has authority over them—Jesus heals.

September 22, 2024

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20.

1. What does it look like for Christians to be full of good news?

2. Why are we sometimes full of bad news? What can we do about this?

3. What does it mean that the Kingdom of God is near?

4. How do you sense the nearness of the Kingdom of God in your life?

5. What does it look like for you to follow Jesus this week?

September 15, 2024

Scripture: Mark 1:9-13.

Jesus came from Nazareth—Why?

Jesus was baptized—Why?

A voice came from heaven—Why?

The Spirit sent Him out into the wilderness—Why?

September 8, 2024

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8.

1. What do you currently know about the book of Mark? How is it different from the other gospels?

2. In what ways do you recognize that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, in your life?

3. What has been your experience with the spiritual, emotional, and/or mental wilderness?

4. Why is it important to understand that there is hope in the wilderness?

5. What does it mean to prepare for the way of Jesus? What does this look like for you?

September 1, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 4:13-22.

1. What does it mean when the Bible says that God is for us?
2. Where in your life do you need the reminder that God is there and He is present?
3. Why is it important to trust God even when it feels like we are stuck or struggling and He is gone?
4. In what ways have you seen God do more in your life? More than you asked or could imagine?
5. Where can you allow Jesus to intercede for you? How do you see Jesus in the book of Ruth?

August 25, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 2:1.

1. In what ways has God used your story? In what ways does he want to?

2. How are you uniquely equipped for either where you are or where you are going?

3. Do you see God’s hand at work in that? Why or why not?

4. What does it mean to be ready instead of having to get ready?

5. In what ways can you be more open to the move of God in your life?

August 18, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-12.

1. Where do you see the hand of God at work in your life? Where would you like to see it more?

2. In what ways do you grasp for control and/or meaning?

3. What does it mean for you to be redeemed? In what ways and where do you pursue that?

4. How can you allow Jesus to be your Redeemer?

5. What hope can Ruth 4 provide for you and why?

August 4, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 3:1-18.

1. Do you see Naomi’s plan as testing God in a positive way or negative way?

2. What does it mean to trust God with your plans?

3. What does it mean to you to have integrity?

4. Is it hard to deny yourself temporary self-indulgence?

5. How is Jesus our Kinsman Redeemer?

July 28, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 2:11-12.

1. What part of Ruth’s story encourages you the most? Why?

2. In what ways do you see your life similar to Ruth’s?

3. How can you have a similar unwavering confidence in God?

4. Do you believe God will care for you? Why or why not?

5. What does it look like to you to both wait on the Lord and commit your work to the Lord?

July 21, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 2:1-23.

1. In what ways do you feel God at work in your life right now? In what ways would you like to?

2. How does effort and hope go hand-in-hand? Why is this an important concept?

3. What does it look like to practice hesed love to those around you?

4. In what ways has someone practiced hesed love toward you?

5. In what ways do you sense God is showing you His hesed?

July 14, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 1:19-22.

1. What are healthy responses to despair in our lives? What are unhealthy responses?

2. What are healthy responses to other people’s pain? What are unhealthy responses?

3. Why does Job’s friend offer poor advice?

4. In what ways can we challenge our assumptions about suffering and God?

5. Where is there hope in your life right now?

July 7, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5.

1. What are your initial impressions of Naomi? What do you already know about her?

2. How would you feel if you were Naomi? What would that do to your relationship with God? 

3. Why is bitterness dangerous? What can you do about it? 

4. In what ways do you see God working behind the scenes in Naomi’s life? 

5. What does it look like to trust in Jesus and grow in Him? 

June 23, 2024

Scriptures: Romans 10:9, Joshua 24:15.

1. Have you confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believed in your heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)?
2. Have you surrendered all areas of your life to Christ, or are there still a few areas you are holding on to?
3. How well can you live the Christian life on your own?
4. Joshua 24:15 says, “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” What is your choice?

June 9, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 1:6-18.

1. Where do you see the Lord providing in your life?

2. What do you do when you are at the end of your rope? What are your feelings?

3. Where is life found? Where do you see yourself wanting to find abundance or security?

4. What does it look like to follow God?

5. How do you show that you are committed to Jesus? What practically does that look like?

June 2, 2024

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5.

1. In what was have you seen God’s love and kindness in your life?
2. How can you trust the providence of God in the midst of “everything going wrong”?
3. How do we know that God is at work? Can we know? Why or why not?
4. In what ways do you need to see God’s restoration today? What would that look like?
5. What are you hoping to learn from the book of Ruth this summer?

May 19, 2024

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-5.

1. How often are you fearful or worried about the future? How does your faith in Jesus help with this?

2. How does knowing the end of the Bible help with our ultimate security?

3. Why does knowing we are part of a larger story matter?

4. Why is it important that Jesus is coming soon?

5. What does “soon” mean? And how can we be ready?

May 12, 2024

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:16.

1. How do you normally handle the confusing or hard parts of the Bible?
2. In what ways can you tell the difference between descriptive and prescriptive parts of the Bible?
3. How often do you consider the communication styles in the Scripture? Why does this matter?
4. Why does the Bible seem to have some sections of unchecked human feelings? Is this good or bad in your opinion?
5. How does this sermon help you understand and even enliven your faith in God?

May 5, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 67

1. What did God reveal to you through Psalm 67 about His love for the nations?
2. In what ways do you need to grow in sharing the Gospel?
3. Do your actions draw attention to God, or to you? What might you change?
4. Are you willing to give up your comfortable lifestyle to live one sold out for God?
5. Do you trust God enough to obey His calling?
6. How might God be calling you to use your time, talents, and resources?

April 28, 2024

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-21, 3:14-18.

1. How does Scripture help you identify your need for a Savior?
2. How do you, or will you, guard against apathy about what Scripture teaches?
3. What examples do you see of people twisting Scripture and how is your faithful representation of Scripture being used to show others God’s truth?
4. What is one application of today’s message for you?

April 21, 2024

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-39.

1. What does it mean to “cherry-pick” Bible verses?

2. Why is it usually a bad practice?

3. How can you avoid this trap of just reading selectively?

4. What are some good Biblical interpretation practices?

5. Who is the Bible about? Why is that important to remember when you are reading it?

April 14, 2024

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11.

1. How is the Bible foundational in your life? In what ways is it authoritative?

2. Do you understand the whole arc of the biblical narrative? In what ways could you learn it better?

3. What does it mean that Jesus came to fulfill the law and not abolish it?

4. How does Jesus demonstrate that he is uncompromising about the Word of God and yet still loving?

5. How do you model this approach in your life? 

April 7, 2024

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

1. What does it mean to call the Bible “The Word of God,” and why does that matter?
2. What does it mean to keep it central? How is that different from worshipping the Bible?
3. In what ways do you find it central in your life?
4. How can you not just read the Word but also do and live it?
5. Why is the Bible considered “dynamic and transforming”? Have you noticed this in your life?

March 31, 2024

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12.

1. In what ways is Easter disruptive to your own plans?
2. Why is Easter important? And why should we let it disrupt our lives?
3. How did Jesus conquer death at Easter? Why is that important?
4. In what ways have you let Easter be a passing holiday?
5. How can you change that?

March 24, 2024

Scripture: Mark 11:7-11.

1. What is the message of Palm Sunday about?

2. Why is it important to understand that Jesus is the King of Kings and the Messiah?

3. Why is an idol so dangerous in your life?

4. What does the Bible mean by “antichrists” and what does that look like in our world?

5. In what ways did Jesus remake this political narrative in the first century? What about now?

March 17, 2024

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18.

1. How do you listen to God? What does this look like practically in your life?

2. How are you typically distracted?

3. What does it look like to be more engaged?

4. When praying, do you do more talking or listening? Or equal?

5. Why is it important to develop a discipline of listening to God?

March 10, 2024

Scriptures: Philippians 2:3-8; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Proverbs 16:18; Mark 10:42-44.

1. Where are you prideful?
2. What is the next step for you to grow in humility?
3. What is different about how Jesus reacted in trials from your reactions when things get difficult?



March 3, 2024

Scripture: Mark 2:23-28.

1. Do you have a rhythm of Sabbath in your life? Why or why not?
2. What would it look like to practice the Sabbath in your life?
3. What sort of sacrifices would that take?
4. In what way is your life shaped by busyness and restlessness?
5. How can you embrace the Sabbath as a gift from God?

February 25, 2024

Scripture: Matthew 22:37

1. How would you describe your inner life? Why?
2. What does it mean that the Father is the gardener? Why is this important?
3. How is your inner life formed? In what ways can you analyze your life to better produce fruit?
4. What does it mean that the garden is easy?
5. Why is this not usually the case?

February 18, 2024

1. How is your faith supported?

2. In what ways are you growing and how have you set that up?

3. In what areas would you love to see your faith grow?

4. How could you go about that growth?

5. What does it look like to start somewhere and make it a regular part of your life?

6. How can you increase it consistently?

7. What ways can you help others connect to the vine?

February 11, 2024

Scripture: Galatians 4:19.

1. How are people formed? What is this process?

2. In what ways have you allowed formation to happen to you?

3. In what ways have you been intentional in your formation?

4. What are the stories you believe about yourself?

5. In what do you mostly abide? How can you abide more consistently in Christ?

February 4, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 23 and John 10.

1. Have you ever experienced a season of disorientation? How can acknowledging God as your shepherd give you a new orientation in life?
2. Is God’s shepherding most evident by His presence, protection, or provision in your life? Why?
3. What area of influence is God calling you to practice shepherding in ? What are 1-3 steps you can take to begin this process?
4. Who is someone you can share the Good News about Jesus being the Good Shepherd with?

January 28, 2024

Scripture: I John 2:3-6.

1. What does it mean to be in obedience? How do we feel about that word?
2. Why should an apprentice care about being obedient to their master?
3. What does it mean to walk in love?
4. Why is this important as a follower of Jesus?
5. What does it mean that we have access to heavenly resources in Jesus?

January 21, 2024

Scripture: Psalm 5:3.

1. What does it look like to be intentional in your prayer life?

2. How can you add more intentionality to your prayer life?

3. What does it mean to be honest in your prayer life? What does this look like?

4. How can we grow in our awareness of God’s presence?

5. Where can you begin this week on being more WITH Jesus?

January 14, 2024

Scripture: Acts 24:14-16.

1. What does it mean to be a Christian? 
2. How does someone follow the way of Jesus? 
3. In what ways do you experience Jesus being WITH you? In what ways can you be more available for this life?
4. How do you learn from Jesus? What sort of things do you learn from Jesus?
5. What does it look like to work alongside Jesus? 

January 7, 2024

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12.

1. What does it look like to have awareness of the activity of God?

2. How are you able to see God’s movement in your life and in your world?

3. How can you seek the Lord? And His Kingdom?

4. What does it mean to ask and receive from the Lord?

5. In what ways can you live a life full of epiphanies?

December 31, 2023

Scripture: Jeremiah 24:4-7.

1. How does God knowing EVERYTHING there is to know about you and loving you anyway make you feel?

2. Why do you think God wants us to pursue knowing Him as much as He knows us?

3. Explain why it can be difficult to allow others to truly KNOW us.

4. How can allowing others to KNOW everything there is to know about us lead to freedom?

5. Why is it important to be the same person, no matter what circumstance you find yourself in?

December 24, 2023

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38.

1. Why is it important that God came to earth?

2. What does it mean that God is with us? How does that look in your life?

3. In what ways do you exercise faith?

4. How do you see faith as a remembrance?

5. How do you see faith as a future hope?

6. In what ways can your faith confront your fears?

7. Why does this all matter for Christmas?

December 17, 2023

Scripture: Psalm 16.

1. Where do you typically find joy? And why?

2. What does it look like to have sustaining joy? Have you felt that?

3. What does it mean to “do the minimum” in the Kingdom of God?

4. What is the cost of discipleship? Why is that relevant to you?

5. What is the cost of non-discipleship? Why is that relevant to you?

December 10, 2023

Scripture: Isaiah 26:1-6.

1. In what ways are you searching for peace in your life, relationships, world?

2. In what ways do you feel unsettled?

3. When do you feel content? What does that look like?

4. In what ways do you recognize Jesus as our peace?

5. How can you use the unlimited and inexhaustible resources of God?

December 3, 2023

Scriptures:             Genesis 37:1-11

                                Genesis 37:18-36

                                Genesis 39:1-23

                                Genesis 41:1-40

1. Where is our hope?

2. Where can we see God in this season?

3. How can we find hope in Jesus?

November 26, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 4:7-18.

1. How much do you experience loneliness and what does that look like?

2. Why is it important to have a support network?

3. Who are your companions in life?

4. Would others list you as a companion for them in life? Why or why not?

5. How can having solid Christian friends help nurture your faith?

6. Who’s at your table?

November 19, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6.

TACOS Prayer Model

Thankfulness

Adoration 

Confession

Others

Self

November 12, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 3:18-4:1.

1. What does it mean to LIVE IN CHRIST, in your household?
2. What does your household look like and what relationships come and go in your household?
3. How would you explain the redemptive ethic/movement? Why is that relevant in this passage?
4. What does the husband/wife relationship look like when they live unto Christ?
5. How about the parent/child relationship?
6. Finally, how does the master/slave relationship apply to today? And why do we need to consider the larger narrative when looking at this passage?

November 5, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17.

1. What does peace look like in your life? Where do you typically find peace?

2. Why does it seem hard to have peace on a more consistent basis?

3. What does peace look like in the church? What is your role in that?

4. How does putting peace into practice work? What specifically does that look like?

5. How are gratitude and peace related?

October 29, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-14.

1. What does it mean to set your heart on things above? How about your mind?

2. How can you find rest in Jesus? What does this practically look like?

3. What needs to be put to death in our lives?

4. What are some practices or habits that continue to make you anxious and stressed?

5. What does it look like to continue to pursue Jesus in these moments?

6. How do we put on the things that Paul lists as our new clothes?

October 22, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 2:16-23.

1. What does it mean to try to add things to Christ?

2. How about taking things away from Christ? (Make His sacrifice not complete.)

3. Have you experienced judgment from someone else? How did that make you feel?

4. Have you been the one to judge someone else? How did that make you feel?

5. What does it look like to embrace religion instead of Jesus? Why is it important to understand the difference?

6. What does Christian freedom look like? How do you walk in it?

October 15, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-15.

1. 1. What do you think of when you hear that you are to be rooted in Christ? What does that look like?
2. 2. What does it mean that storms come in life?
3. 3. How do you cause your own storms? What does the Bible say about that?
4. 4. Why is it hard to continually trust in God through good and bad times?
5. Apply this passage to your life. Write some thoughts on what that looks like for you personally.



October 8, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 1:24-2:5.

1. 1. Do you currently have joy in the midst of your struggles? How could you improve in this area?
2. 2. How would your life look different if you lived with an eternal perspective?
3. 3. What would change if you were conscious that Christ lives in you?
4. 4. Who could you share your faith with?
5. What keeps you from being deceived by fine-sounding arguments?

October 1, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 1:21-23.

1. How would you explain the gospel to someone else? What is the most important part?

2. What does it mean to be alienated? From God?

3. How does it look to be enemies in your mind to God?

4. How did Jesus reconcile us? What is the difference in your life?

5. What does it look like to continue in your faith?

September 24, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20.

1. What does it mean that Christ is supreme?

2. What does it mean that Christ is central? What does this mean for your life?

3. How do you live as if Christ is supreme and central to your life?

4. How do we discover God through Jesus? What does this mean?

5. Why is it important to understand that Jesus holds all of creation together?

6. How is Jesus our prototype and what does it look like to follow Him?

September 17, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-13.

1. What does it mean to be filled with the knowledge of His will? Have you experienced this?

2. What does it look like to live into the will of God? Are you currently?

3. Why is it important to have endurance and patience?

4. What are the implications of needing to have endurance and patience even though you are in the will of God?

5. Why is gratitude important? What has that looked like this week for you? Did you practice gratitude?

September 10, 2023

Scripture: Colossians 1:1-8.

1. What do you already know about Colossians? Where would you like to know more?

2. What does it mean to be IN Christ? And why does that matter?

3. What does it look like to be more grateful? How would you rank your gratefulness currently?

4. Do you see God at work in your life? What about in your community? In your world?

5. What does it look like to grow in your faith this week?

September 3, 2023

Scripture: Acts 1:6-11.

1. What does our final home look like? What does the Bible say about it?

2. Why do we seek to answer the “when” of Jesus’ second coming? Is it okay to do so?

3. Where did Jesus go when He ascended? Is He gone? Why does it matter?

4. What does our current home look like when we are abiding in Christ?

5. What does it look like to balance “hearts set on things above” and “Why are you looking up?”

August 27, 2023

Scripture: John 14:1

1. How would you describe the Kingdom of God to someone? Why?

2. What does it look like for a person to be in the Kingdom of God?

3. Why is important that Jesus’ Kingdom is “not of this world”?

4. How do we seek first the Kingdom of God?

5. What would it look like to trust in God so much that you don’t feel overwhelmed or have a “troubled heart”?

August 13, 2023

Scripture: John 14:1-7

1. Why is it important for us that Jesus showed us the way in and through exile?

2. Why are the events of Jesus’ birth important? What does that mean for your life?

3.  Why did Jesus start His ministry by being tempted in the desert?

4. How does Jesus show us the way, the truth, and the life?

5. What does that mean for us today?

August 6, 2023

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1-7.

1. What does it look like for us to live in exile? How do we live?

2. Why is it not the Christian response to escape? And how have you tried to do this?

3. Why is it not the Christian response to indulge? And how have you tried to do this?

4. Why is it not the Christian response to fight? And how have you tried to do this?

5. What does it look like to love your neighbor? To bless your city?

July 30, 2023

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:10-14.

1. What does it mean to find grace in the consequences? How have you experienced this?

2. Why is there exile for Israel? When have you experienced exile?

3. How do you understand the lovingkindness of God? What does that look like in your life?

4. How do you find God’s grace in the midst of exile?

5. How does God’s grace carry you day-by-day?

July 16, 2023

Scripture: Judges 2:1-5.

1. What does it look like for our world to do "whatever is right in their own eyes"?
2. What does it look like for you to live that way? Why is that tempting?
3. Why is doing "whatever is right in your own eyes" a false home? 
4. In what ways do we try to find other kings beside God? Why?
5. Has the Lord ever given you over "to the desires of your heart"? What does that look like? How has the Lord brought you back? 

July 9, 2023

Scripture: Exodus 1:7-22.

1. What is the kingdom of God? And what does it look like in comparison to the kingdom of man?
2. What does it look like to follow God in the wilderness?
3. How can we trust God to provide? What does that actually look like?
4. Why can’t we keep the covenant? And who does for us?
5. In what ways can you trust in Jesus and follow Him more closely this week?



July 2, 2023

Scripture: Psalm 130.

1. Have you ever lost sleep anticipating or worrying about an upcoming event?  How did it actually turn out?
2. What is your typical view of God?
3. Think about the last time you “cried out from the depths” to God.  If comfortable, please share.
4. How do you usually handle waiting?
5. What does “active waiting” look like for you in your life?

June 25, 2023

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-20.



1. How often do you get tripped up by comparison? And where do you stack up?

2. Why do you think we care about how we compare to others?

3. What does it look like to work downward? In a humble approach?

4. Where is God with you right now in your life? More specifically, where do you sense Him moving in your life right now?

5. What does it look like to allow God to move more actively in your life today?

June 18, 2023

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31.

1. What does it mean to be created in the image of God? Why is this important?
2. How can we be good stewards of creation? What does this look like?
3. What are some temptations that we face as humans?
4. What does it look like to create a false home?
5. How does God continue to show kindness to us, even in our disobedience?

June 11, 2023

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12.

1. In what ways do you feel disoriented in life? How is our world a bit disoriented?
2. What would you say is home? What does that feel like?
3. How does our world ask us to create false homes?
4. What do we create our identities around?
5. How can you respond to exile? What does that practically look like?

June 4, 2023

1. In what ways has the Holy Spirit been nudging you that you are either blind to or are blatantly ignoring?
2. In what ways can you relate to Peter? You’ve placed your faith and identity in how much you love God and what you can do for Him.
3. Where is our identity? Is it in our actions, in what we say? Is it in how well we can hold it together?

May 28, 2023

Scripture: John 3:1-21.

1. What does “new birth” mean? And why is it important?

2. Why do we need “new birth”?

3. What does it mean to be “from God and with God”?

4. Do you believe that Jesus doesn’t condemn you? What does that actually look like for you?

5. What are some things you can do today to understand and live into “new birth”?

May 14, 2023

Scripture: John 9:1-12.

1. Why is there brokenness in the world? And what does that have to do with God?

2. When do we first interact with brokenness as people? Why?

3. What does it mean that “the works of God might be displayed”?

4. How is Jesus the light to the world? And what does that mean for your life?

5. What does it look like for you to be the light of the world through Jesus?



May 7, 2023

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

1. What parts of Scripture do you struggle to understand? In what ways can you find help to better understand?

2. What does it look like to have a bigger perspective on the past and the future?

3. How can you find the connections through Scripture to Jesus?

4. How can you see Jesus’ activity more in your life?

5. What does it look like to interact with Jesus more in the mundane parts of life?

April 30, 2023

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44.

1. Was Jesus praising the gift of the widow or lamenting that she gave up everything?

2. What does it mean to be generous in the Kingdom of God?

3. How do our desires affect our generosity?

4. What is a tithe and why is it important?

5. How can we defend the cause of those in need?

April 23, 2023

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50.

1. Who in the story do you resemble the most? Why?
2. Have you ever found yourself comparing your sins with others? Why is that tempting?
3. Why is it important to know that we are all in debt?
4. How does the recognition of our debt actually help us become more loving?
5. What does it look like to love and forgive like Jesus?



April 16, 2023

Scripture: Luke 11:1-4.

1. What does it mean that Jesus is our teacher? What does that look like for you?
2. Why do we need to learn to pray? How did Jesus pray?
3. How did Jesus teach them to pray?
4. What about the Lord's Prayer sticks out to you?
5. Have other people wanted to learn to pray from you? Why or why not?



April 9, 2023

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10.

1. Can fear be good? What does “good fear” look like?
2. What is the fear of God? Why does that matter for Easter?
3. What does it mean to be filled with joy? Have you had an experience like this?
4. Do joy and fear go together? Why or why not?
5. How can you walk away from the tomb changed?

April 2, 2023

1. How do you picture the scene in vs. 35-38? What do you see or hear or feel?
2. What do you think the people were expecting Jesus to do when He reached Jerusalem? How were their expectations different from Jesus'?
3. What kind of reception do you think Jesus would get today if He were to ride into our town?
4. How have you typically understood what happens in a worship service?
5. What is one way you can reorient your own heart and focus during worship?



March 19, 2023

Scripture: John 6:66-69

1. Where is life found? What does that actually look like?
2. How do we pursue the things of God more than God Himself?
3. What does it look like to follow Jesus in the good, bad, and boring times?
4. How can you let go of all the other views of life abundant that you hold?
5. Who is there for you in this endeavor?



March 12, 2023

Scriptures: Luke 18:35-43; John 5:1-8; 1 John 2:3-6; Ephesians 2:4-10.

1. What does it look like to intentionally follow Jesus?
2. What sort of rhythms do you have in your life that help you follow Jesus?
3. What rhythm could you start? What does it look like to start somewhere?
4. Can you build off of any rhythms?
5. How can you approach your walk with Jesus with more grace?

March 5, 2023

Scripture: Mark 1:35-39.

1. When you feel busy, how do you cope?
2. What could you change in the way you cope?
3. What would change in your life if you had a bigger view of God?
4. How will you implement "solitude" in your life?
5. What is prayer?
6. How did Jesus use solitude and prayer?



February 26, 2023

Scriptures: 1 John 1:9; Psalm 42:5; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 51:11.

1. How often do you practice the discipline of confession? What would it look like to practice that more during Lent?
2. How often to you practice the discipline of hope? What would it look like to practice that more during Lent?
3. How often do you practice the discipline of lament? What would it look like to practice that more during Lent?
4. How often do you practice the discipline of joy? What would it look like to practice that more during Lent?
5. Which of these four come naturally to you? Which ones need to be worked on? What does it look like for you to grow in these ways?



February 19, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-24.

1. As we close the Ephesians series, how do you understand "Christ in you"? What does that mean for you?
2. What does it mean to have God's strength?
3. How do you view your battles? How does Ephesians view our battles?
4. What does it look like to wear the armor of God? How do you use it?
5. Why is prayer important? Where do you struggle in prayer?



February 12, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-9.

1. What do you find most intriguing about this section of Scripture? Why?
2. What does it mean to obey and honor your parents for you right now in life? Even if they are no longer here, how would you answer that question?
3. If you are a parent, what is currently your biggest challenge? How do you sense God speaking to you in that challenge?
4. In what ways can we apply the masters/slaves section to our lives?
5. How is God speaking to you through this section?

February 5, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33.

1. When you read this passage, does it make you nervous? Excited?
2. How have you heard this passage applied before? If you have never heard this passage preached before, why do you think that is?
3. What does it mean to "submit" as a disciple of Jesus?
4. How is this passage lived out as the wife?
5. How is this passage lived out as the husband?
6. Why is this a beautiful representation of Christ and the church?



January 15, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-20.

1. How does what comes out of us reveal what is inside? What can be done about it?
2. How can Christians become deceived? Have you seen this?
3. How have you been deceived?
4. What does it mean to walk in the light? How do you practice this?
5. What are some specific things you can do to make sure what is going into your soul is good for life?

January 8, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-5:2.

1. What sort of things flow out of Christ? Do those same things come out of you?
2. What does it look like to be like Christ?
3. How do we practice replacing unhealthy habits with good habits? What does that look like for the Christian life?
4. What things do we need to get rid of this year that come out of our lives?
5. What spiritual rhythms would you like to implement in your life?

January 1, 2023

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

1. What are some of your goals for 2023? Or things you hope to see differently?
2. What does it mean to have futile or useless thinking?
3. Do you ever find yourself thinking this way?
4. What does it mean that you are made new in Christ? Why does this matter?
5. Where is life found? Are you living in that trajectory?



December 18, 2022

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

1. What do you typically do when you are in liminal space? How can you trust God there?
2. How can you put your hope in Christ in dark times? What does that actually look like?
3. What are some of the false hopes that your heart is tempted towards?
4. What does it mean to wait with faith?
5. List some ways you can trust God this Christmas season.

December 11, 2022

Scripture: Luke 12:35-48

1. What does it mean to be faithful?
2. How can you be faithful to Jesus?
3. What does it mean to live with expectancy? Expectancy for Jesus' return?
4. Why is expectancy more about faithfulness than figuring everything out?
5. What does it mean that the watchers get the reward?



December 4, 2022

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12.

1. What does it mean to be a voice in the wilderness?
2. How can you seek out the wilderness - the one in which we find God?
3. What does it look like to prepare the way for Jesus?
4. What is the fruit of your life?
5. How can you abide more in Christ to find more of His fruit?
6. What does it look like to find peace this Advent?

November 27, 2022

1. How do you define hope?
2. What are ways that you see hope lived out through the Bible?
3. What are areas in your life that you are waiting on God?
4. How can you, in this season, go into each day with a mindset of looking for the ways that God is at work in your life?
5. How can you live out hope this season?



November 13, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16.

1. What does unity in diversity in the church look like? What does it not look like?
2. How has God gifted you in the body of Christ? Are you using those gifts?
3. How are you growing in Christ?
4. What does it mean to live in the victory of Christ?
5. How can you help others grow in Christ?

November 6, 2022

1. How would you describe a life that is worthy?
2. How would our culture define a life that is worthy? How about God?
3. What does it mean to be humble? How do you see humility in your life?
4. What does it mean to be gentle? How do you see gentleness in your life?
5. Why is it important to know that God is over all, through all, and in all?



October 30, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20-21

1. How much power do you have to solve things in your life and in this world? Who really has the power?
2. What does it mean that God is able to do more than we ask or imagine? Why is this important?
3. What are some things we ask for? Is it for our glory or God's glory?
4. How is God at work in your life? In what ways have you seen Him working?
5. How can we give Him glory in our lives and in the church?



October 23, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-19

1. What does Paul say is part of the glorious riches of Christ? Why is this important?
2. What does to mean to be rooted and established in love?
3. How are you rooted and established? How can you become more rooted and established in love?
4. Why is it important that we explore Christ together?
5. What typically overflows out of your life? How can we see it be more of Christ?

October 16, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-13.

1. What does it mean to participate in the sufferings of Christ?
2. In what ways have you participated in the sufferings of Christ?
3. How does Paul administer grace?
4. How can you also be an administrator of grace?
5. Where do you experience freedom and confidence?



October 9, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

1. What does it look like to be brought near to God through Christ? Why is this important?
2. What does reconciliation look like through Christ, to others?
3. How have you separated yourself from Christ? In what ways do you need to allow God to bring you back near to Him?
4. How is Christ the foundation of your life?
5. How is Christ the foundation of the church?



October 2, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10.

1. How would you describe salvation?
2. What are the ways of the world? And how do you see them in your life?
3. In what ways do you gratify the cravings of the flesh?
4. Why is it important to remember the salvation story as an act of God?
5. What does it mean to walk in good works? Why is it not a way to earn salvation?

September 25, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23.

1. How are you doing at loving God's people? What changes could you make?
2. Are your prayers full of thanksgiving? If not, have you prayed for a thankful heart?
3. What are some practical ways you could daily remind yourself of the hope we have in Christ?
4. In what areas are you allowing worldly things to surpass God in your life? How should you respond to this realization?

September 18, 2022

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14.

1. Who do we live for? And by whose power?
2. Answering the above question is easy, but why is it hard to live out?
3. Why is it important to understand that God's plan is from the beginning to eternity?
4. What are your thoughts on predestination? What is Ephesians 1 saying about this topic?
5. How does one live "in Christ"? Why is that important to Paul?
6. What does it look like for you to be "in Christ"?

September 11, 2022

1. Where do you find your fulfillment and life? What gives you purpose and meaning?
2. Why does understanding who you are matter?
3. In what ways has the view of identity become unhealthy in our world?
4. In what ways do you find an unhealthy view of identity in your life?
5. What does it mean to be "in Christ"? Why does it matter?
6. Where do you find grace and peace in life? How can you discover this more in Christ?



September 4, 2022

1. In what ways do you pass the faith down? What would that look like for you?
2. How can you be encouraging and empowering to the next generation?
3. How is Elisha an incomplete savior? What about Jehoash?
4. In what ways do you fail as a savior?
5. In what ways do you think about your own legacy? How much does legacy matter to you?

August 28, 2022

1. In what ways would you say that God provides? How have you seen this in your life?
2. What does it look like to take steps of faith with unknown outcomes?
3. How often do we honestly do this?
4. Where can you take a step of faith today, trusting that God is with you?
5. What should our responses to evil be?

August 21, 2022

1. Who/what do we blame for the pain in our lives? In the world?
2. Who has the power to turn things around? How do we embrace this in our lives?
3. Who does God use to turn things around? Why?
4. Who does God use to send the message of good news? What does that mean for you?
5. What do you do with good news?
6. How can you help herald the feast of God to the starving world?



August 14, 2022

1. Why is it hard to trust when it feels like you are surrounded by problems?
2. What would it look like to be less anxious and more surrendered in these moments?
3. Does what you consume with your eyes play a role in your general emotions or anxiousness?
4. What would it mean for you to open your eyes to God?
5. Why is it important to understand that God chooses hospitality even for enemies? What does this mean in your approach to others?

August 7, 2022

1. Why is it important to know all of the Bible is useful and God-breathed?
2. What does it look like to go to God with anything?
3. Do you ever feel like you are wasting God's time? How can you change that perspective?
4. Why do we need to be reminded that God always has a remnant? What does that mean today?
5. How do we live into the upside-down Kingdom?



July 31, 2022

1. What does it mean for you to be humble? What does that look like?
2. In what ways do you try to solve your problems without God?
3. What does it look like to go to the wrong source when you are having problems? Why do we as humans do that?
4. In what ways can we go to God instead?
5. When hearing the story of Namaan, where is this like you? Where is it not like you?
6. How can you be more WITH Jesus and LIKE Jesus this week?

July 24, 2022

1. In what ways have you seen God on a personal level in your life?
2. Where have you tried to do things on your own? How did that go?
3. What does it look like to trust in God?
4. Why is it important to bring what you have to God?
5. Have you ever seen Him multiply? When and how?

July 10, 2022

1. What do you think Paul means by “put off the old self” in verse 9 and “put on the new self” in verse 10?
2. What attribute do you shine in the most?
3. What attribute can you grow in this week?
4. How does singing, praying, and speaking the Word to one another as a body encourage our growth? Are there relationships in your life that can use more singing, praying, and speaking the Word of God?