Small Group Questions 10-20-19. . .

1. What are you grateful for this week?
2. Are you a positive thinker or negative thinker?
3. What is a constant thought that is keeping you discouraged or defeated?
4. In what ways do our minds deceive us?
5. What spiritual habit do you need to pursue to feed your mind with truth?
6. What personal insights did God give you through this message?

Small Group Questions 10-13-19. . .

1. When was the last time you felt pressured or guilted into supporting a cause financially?
2. How did you manage that situation?
3. How does the gospel change the way you live out generosity?
4. Are you radically generous now? How do you know? If not, why not?
5. What step can you take this week to pursue generosity in your life?

Small Group Questions 10-06-19. . .

1. When was the last time you needed to say you were sorry?
2. Why is repentance required for salvation?
3. Of the four steps in repentance which is most challenging for you?
4. Is there a relationship in your life that you need to express repentance?
5. What insights did you gain from this message?
   

Small Group Questions 9-29-2019. . .

1. What are you grateful for this week? How have you sensed the love of Jesus in your life this week?
2. What does it mean to you to be controlled by the love of Christ?
3. How do you view unbelievers? How would a Jesus follower love an unbeliever well?
4. What was the major take away for you from this teaching?
   

Small Group Questions *

1. What are you most grateful for this week?
2. What most disappointed you this week?
3. When has suffering most challenged your faith?
4. What does it mean to ‘suffer well?’
5. When has loss caused you to love more deeply?
6. What is the most significant lesson you gained from this teaching??
   

Small Group Questions. . .

Read Matthew 5:23-26 and Matthew 18:15-20.

1. What makes this teaching so challenging?
2. ‘This is what you did,’ vs ‘This is what you did to me.’ How do these two different statements affect the reconciliation process?
3. How do you know you’ve truly repented? How do you know you’ve truly forgiven?
4. Can you share a time when you’ve felt that you genuinely repented or genuinely forgave but the relationship was not reconciled? What do you believe God was teaching you in that experience?
   

Outline. . .

When I forgive.....
Personal Pride is Conquered
God’s Mercy is Reflected
Spiritual Joy is Restored
Genuine Love is Manifested
Discipleship is Proven
Biblical Unity is Maintained
Spiritual Victory is Assured

Reflection Questions . . .

1. Has God ever given you more than you can handle?
2. What has God taught you in the moments when you wanted to give up?
3. Share an experience of genuine biblical comfort in your life.
4. Why is comfort a challenge in the Body of Christ?
5. How could we increase the ‘comfort’ factor in our community?
   

Outline . . .

2 Corinthians 2:1-11 There’s a common Christian cliché that goes like this: God won’t give you more than you can handle.

But this happened (so) that (here’s the purpose, the reason, the lesson Paul learned in his suffering that) we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

Following Jesus In A Broken World

• Suffering Is The Given 8 We do not want you to be uninformed. . .

• Comfort Is The Promise 4 who comforts us in all our troubles.

• Character Is The Fruit 6 It is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance.

• Ministry Is The Purpose 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.