Written in Heaven

IDENTITY THEFT:
ME, BEAUTIFUL?

***Before you begin! Reaffirm the ‘Vegas’ rule with your group – what happens in small groups stays in small groups. This is very important to talk about every week. Encourage everyone that the environment is safe, and that there is no judgment.

***The reason we do small groups is to ‘belong and become’ – Have a safe group of friends to belong to and become more like Jesus every day. This is the vision of small groups – remind your group of this each week.

1. When you think of the ‘perfect woman’ what or who comes to mind? What would this perfect woman look like, what character traits would she have, etc.?

2. Where are common places that women find their identity? What about those places gives them identity?

3. 1 Timothy asks the question “Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God?” In what ways do we feel pressure to please man more than God?

4. Genesis (1:26-27) tells us that we are made in God’s image. Ephesians (2:10) tells us that we are “God’s masterpiece”. How many of us feel like we are really God’s masterpiece? Why or why not? What stumbling blocks do we see in our own lives that keep us from believing that we are indeed God’s masterpiece?

5. Take time to pray for one another that we would truly grasp that we are the masterpieces of God. Pray for those stumbling blocks that people mentioned that they would be removed so we could see ourselves as God does.

As always, end the group with general sharing of prayer requests and prayer. Some groups have found it effective to pray for each request as it’s given, rather than creating the list of requests. Use your discretion as a leader.