Sermon 2.0
A life group guide designed to help facilitate discussion around the weekend’s sermon.
Encounter God in Community
The Sunday message is the open door to encountering what God has in store for you! Many of our Life Groups use the Sermon 2.0 Discussion Guide to go deeper into the passage of Scripture and application points from the weekend’s message. This is a time to have open conversation, ask questions, laugh a little or a lot, and learn from others. Our heart is to see your faith in God grow as you apply the truths of the Bible to your everyday life.
We believe you can encounter God through the context of relationships and want you to experience this in a Life Group! Apply the truths of the Bible and see your faith in God grow as you build new relationships with others in your group.
This Week’s Discussion Guide
Icebreaker
What are best ways to provide encouragement to you? How do you like to encouraged people in your lives?
Scripture
Take a moment and read aloud from the beginning of Colossians through Colossians 2:6-7 and then discuss the following.
- As a group, consider the letter so far: What stands out? What was challenging, encouraging, confusing, or made you think of other parts of Scripture?
- How does the powerful section of Colossians 1:15-23 impact your view of walking with him, rooted & built up in him, established in faith, and abounding in thanksgiving?
- Discuss “Christ Jesus the Lord” by defining and conversing over the meanings of Christ and Lord.
Application
1. Walking with Jesus is such a blessing to our lives but isn’t always easy for us. What are some the blessings and challenges you’ve experienced as you follow Jesus?
2. If someone observed your daily rhythms, would they describe your life as “walking with Jesus”? Why or why not?
3. How does pressure (stress, conflict, doubt) reveal what your root system looks like? What does it look like to plant your identity firmly in who Jesus says you are?
4. How confident are you in explaining why you believe what you believe? If someone asked you why you trust Jesus, how would you respond?
5. Whether intentionally or not, we are all being built into something. What is your life currently being constructed into?
6. What other application points or questions did you have from the message?
Time of Thankfulness & Encouragement
One of the ways we can abound in thankfulness is to let people know you are thankful for them! Finish your evening through a time of writing notes of encouragement and thankfulness to specific people in your life. Here are some helpful tips to get started:
- Who is in your life (past or present) that you are thankful for? Who might need to hear encouragement about where they are in life right now?
- Be specific about what you see in them or that you are thankful for in them.
- Share a verse that spurs them on.
- Use this to share God’s love for them and the power of the gospel of Jesus..
- Send these cards tomorrow or look for an opportunity to hand deliver as soon as possible.
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