Connect Small Group Questions - Jesus and Loving Others 7/30/2014

Connect Small Group Question – 7/30/2014

1)   Who is the most difficult person in your life to love? Why? Who is the easiest person to love? Why?

2)   How does social media add tension between you and your friends? Have you ever lost a friendship over something that was posted on social media?

3)   Describe the person or people that today’s students would call and “enemy”

4)   Why is it hard to pray for those that persecute you

5)   Why do spreading God’s love and spreading the Gospel have to go together?

6)   What are real, practical ways to show love to difficult people?

Connect Small Group Questions 7/16/2014

Small group questions 7/16/2014

Scripture: Matthew 22: 34 - 40; 1 John 3:10

1.      Why might it be important to know what the greatest commandment is?

2.      Why did Jesus add the second greatest commandment to his response?

3.      Keeping the law was what made a person right with God in the Old Testament; what has changed when it comes to being right with God in the New Testament?

4.      What are some ways we can live out the great commandment by expressing our love to God?

5.       What are some ways we can live out the great commandment by expressing our love to others?

6.      Why is the following statement true; to love God is to love others?

Connect Small Group Q's 7/9/2014

Week 4 Connect Small Group Questions – 7/9/2014

Luke 17:11-19

    1)   What are some things that you have learned about God and tough times the last four weeks?

    2)   What are some things that God has brought you through and that you are thankful for?

    3)   Which interaction do you think the one who returned remembered the most? The first healing or the second where Jesus talks about his faith?

    4)   Why is it easy to forget when things change for the good?

    5)   How does remembering to praise God for who he is help us remember to praise him for what he does?

    6)   If you where to write a Psalm of praise where would you start?

    7)   How does our gratitude change us?

Connect Small Group Questions for 7/2/2014

Week 3 Connect Small Group Questions – 7/2/2014

John 14:25-27 John 16:33 Matthew 11:28-30

    Overview of Lesson: Peace and comfort from the Lord are two things that elude us in the midst of tough times. Yet, when Christ let the earth he let us know that the Holy Spirit is always with us to comfort and guide. No matter how heavy the load Jesus promise that his yoke and burden are light.

    1)   Think of the Video Clip: When things are tough do you turn to Jesus for comfort? Who or what gives you comfort?

    2)   Does relying on God to give us peace mean we will always “feel good” about everything?

    3)   What were your definitions of comfort and peace?

    4)   How is God’s peace different than the world’s?

    5)   What does Jesus mean when he says his burden and yoke are light?

    6)   How do we move from head knowledge to heart knowledge?