Written in Heaven

LIFEGROUP Questions

12/5/10

***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.

Guerrilla Lovers Week 2: A Guerrilla’s Mission

1. Instead of your working, if you could spend that time supporting any cause, what would it be and why?

2. When in your life have you been filled with compassion for someone or something? Describe the situation and how you felt.

3. Read Mark 1:40-42. In this story, Jesus touches and heals a man with leprosy. Lepers were considered the most vile, disgusting people in Jesus’ day. Who in your world where you live today, would be the equivalent of those lepers? How can you minister to them like Jesus did?

4. It seems as though at Christmas time it’s easier for us to make a commitment to impact those around us for Jesus. Why is it easier around Christmas than the rest of the year?

5. What are we doing as a group to meet the physical needs of the 20% of people living in the world today in extreme poverty? What are we doing as a group to meet the spiritual need of 67% of people disconnected from Jesus in Tazewell County?

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

11/28/10

***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.

Guerrilla Lovers Week 1: A Guerrilla’s Kingdom

1. What material item do you want for Christmas this year? If you could have anything at all for Christmas that wasn’t material, what would it be?

2. When you think of the word ‘revolution’ what comes to mind? Does this word apply to Jesus? Why or why not?

3. In Matthew 5:43-44 Jesus says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” What about this statement is revolutionary? How well do you obey this command? Why?

4. How would you describe the love of Jesus to someone? How has the love of Jesus impacted your life? With that in mind, is it difficult to do what Jesus commands when he says ‘Love each other as I have loved you.” Why?

5. As a group, decide on one intentional act of love that your group can participate in to impact the community in which you meet.

6. Take time to pray about what God would have you to do individually as well to love the people around you.

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

11/21/10

***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.

Dream Job Week 5: Choosing to Cheat

1. When you were a kid did you ever cheat or steal? What was the biggest thing you cheated on or the biggest item you stole? Were you ever caught? Why did you stop?

2. As you think about the priorities in your life, how have they changed from 5 or 10 years ago til now? Would you say life is easier or more complex?

3. What are three things you want to see happen in your family or in your work? Will the way you manage your time currently help to achieve that?

4. When we think about ‘cheating’ time somewhere, have any of us ever been guilty of cheating on our family with our work? How did that impact life at home?

5. What safeguards can we place in our life to make sure we don’t ‘cheat’ our families over our work?

6. What takeaways do you have from this series that will impact the way you view or act toward your job or home life?

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

11/14/10

***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.

Dream Job Week 4: Worship

1. Who is the worst person you’ve ever worked with? What made them so bad? Who is the best person you’ve worked with? What made them so good to work with?

2. If I could describe my work place or my job in one word it would be: __________. Why did you choose that word?

3. 1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all of the glory of God.” What comes to your mind when you think of ‘whatever you do?’ Would you say that this is your mindset in life all the time? Why or why not?

4. What does it mean when it says in Ephesians to be “rooted and established in love?” How is someone who is rooted in love operate differently than someone who is not rooted in love? When you think about someone who is rooted in love, who comes to mind? Why?

5. Why does Jesus call us to operate as a servant towards those around us? What does this look like practically? How does being a servant tie in with being rooted and established in love?

6. Let’s wrap up praying for one another for our struggles in this area. Who do you struggle to love that we can pray for this week? Who do you struggle to serve that we can pray for this week?

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

11/7/10

***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.

Dream Job Week 3: Transition

1. What was the worst job you ever had? What made it so bad?

2. The average person has 9.3 jobs in their lifetime. How many have you had? Do you think you’ll have more or less than 9.3? Why? Why do you think people’s jobs transition so much?

3. What is the most difficult job transition you’ve had to go through? Why was it so difficult? What did you learn from it?

4. Have you ever made a regrettable decision because you only used 1 dimensional decision making (just looking within) rather than 3 dimensional decision making (looking to God, others, and yourself)? Would any of you be comfortable sharing that story? What did you learn from it?

5. Have any of you fasted and prayed before? If you feel comfortable, could you share the details of the situation (why were you fasting, how did it go, what were the results). What would you say to others in the group about the benefits to fasting and praying?

6. This week as a group, let’s fast and pray for group members who are going through or about to go through a job transition.

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

10/31/10

***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.

Dream Job Week 2: Purpose

1. What was your first job ever? What did it pay? Did you find any kind of purpose in it? If so what was it?

2. What purposes do people pursue in the world? Do you know anyone who pursues these purposes? What do they lack when they pursue these things?

3. In the book ‘Holy Discontent’ Bill Hybels talks about having a ‘Popeye’ moment in our lives, where we experience something that makes us say, ‘that’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.’ Have you had a moment in your life like that?

4. Ephesians 2:10 says “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared for us in advance to do.” Have you ever felt like you were fulfilling this statement? In other words, do you know that you are fulfilling the purpose God has for you? If yes, what is that purpose?

5. What does it take to find your purpose? For those of you who know what your purpose is, how did you find it? For those who are still seeking out your purpose, how are you discovering it?

6. Let’s pray for each other that God would help those who know their purpose to fulfill it, and those who are still searching theirs out to find it.

***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.

LIFEGROUP Questions

10/24/10

***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.

Dream Job Week 1: Identity

1. How many of you love your current job? How many of you dislike or even hate your current job? What do you love about it, what do you hate about it?

2. When you consider your current work environment, is it difficult for you to believe that you can encounter God at work? Why or why not?

3. A line Dale used in the message was “lack of an identity in relationship with God and God’s purposes = frustration.” How have you seen that truth played out in your life or in the lives of others?

4. What happens when we let other people shape our identity? How can this help us or hurt us? How has this played out in your life?

5. How do we go about finding our identity in Jesus, not through our work or other people? For those of you who have found your identity in Jesus, how has that impacted your life?

6. Would anyone be willing to share any struggles you’re having with your identity? We’d like to pray for you, that God would reveal to you who you are in Him.

***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.