ICEBREAKERS
Make sure to start off with prayer. Then choose one or more questions to open up with.
1. What is your most embarrassing memory?
REVIEW & TALK-IT-OUT
Go through each main point and scripture from the message and use the corresponding questions in discussion with your group.
Summer Playlist Part 3:
SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS.
POINT 1: A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS FUELED BY FAITH NOT PERFECTION.
Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God . . .
John 15:15 (NLT)
I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
TALK-IT-OUT #1:
In what ways have you dealt with the thought that you do not measure up?
TALK-IT-OUT #2:
Why do you think that it is faith that pleases God the most?
POINT 2: RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD INSPIRES AVAILABILITY & OBEDIENCE.
TALK-IT-OUT #3:
What is more difficult for you and why? Obedience or availability?
TALK-IT-OUT #4:
What is one thing you can do that will make you more available for your relationship with God?
POINT 3: A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS DESIGNED FOR SOMETHING JUST LIKE YOU.
TALK-IT-OUT #5:
Who are you praying for right now to start a relationship with Jesus?
WRITE-It-Out
Encourage your group to start writing things down. In a journal or on paper, do the following exercises.
- Write out a plan to have time with God each day. This could be a bible study, quiet time, prayer, etc,
- Write out a plan to have time serving God each week. This could be volunteering at church, in your community, or even spending time with a loved one who is far from God.
Live-It-Out
Encourage your group to start doing. Commit to a step and live it out this week.
- Complete your plan this week from the write-it-out section.
- Complete Growth Track. Every Saturday in Tacoma 6:00pm, and every Sunday at all of our campuses. Bellevue 9:45am & Tacoma 11:30am.
- Serve together as a group with Summer Love. To view serving opportunities with Champions Foundation, click HERE.
Closing Thoughts
- Finish group with prayer requests and praise reports.
- More resources are always available here: Group Resources.