Written in Heaven

LIFEGROUP Questions

2/21/10

***Remember that we always start LIFEGROUPS reminding the group that the purpose of LIFEGROUPS is to ‘belong and become.’ To find a group of people we can connect to and build friendships, and become more like Jesus each day.

***Also reinforce the ‘Vegas Rule’ – what happens in LIFEGROUP, stays in LIFEGROUP.

Til Death Week 3: Partnership

1. What’s the attribute (not physical) of your spouse that you love and admire the most that you don’t have?

2. This week we talked about marriage in terms of partnership (being about ‘we’ and not ‘me’). What are areas that you as a couple are really successful at ‘partnering’ in (i.e. household chores, parenting, working, social life, spiritual capacity, etc.)? What are areas that you and your spouse struggle to ‘partner’ in?

3. Part of partnership is mutual submission (Ephesians 5:21). What does that mean? What does that look like in your marriage?

4. In Ephesians 5, Jesus compares himself as a groom, and the church as His bride. He instructs us to treat one another the same way as He treats us. How would we treat our spouse differently if we operated like Jesus does towards His church all the time?

5. Being a partner means more than simply partnership, but that you and your spouse are completely welded together. What areas of your marriage do you not see eye to eye in that you can work on to become even more closely welded together?

6. This week’s assignments were to deal with past relationships as a couple, and to develop 4-7 values you are going to have in your marriage. Does anyone have their values developed that they would like to share with the group? Let’s pray that God would continue to help us develop these values and focus on developing these partnerships.

***Always close your group with a time of prayer. As a leader, you can lead this or you can all share in the requests praying for one another. You need to know where your group is at to determine what would be most comfortable in that setting. i.e. don’t ask people to pray in the group if you’re not sure they’re ready to.