According to research conducted at Seattle University, the more effort one makes to “will” forgiveness the longer it takes to happen. Why do you think this might be so?
What Do You Think?
How do you engage your friends in spiritual conversations?
What questions do you ask? Share your answers in the comment section below.
Examples:
- How is God working in your life now?
- What is He teaching you from His Word?
- How have you seen God working in your life and in those around you?
- Do you find it hard to live in a way consistent with the Bible?
- Where are you experiencing love?
- How can I pray for you?
- Do you set aside time to spend alone with the Lord?
- How are you growing?
- How are you? Really?
- What decisions are you currently making?
- What’s going on in your world?
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What is a good way for a friend to let you know that they care about you? How do you typically let a friend know that you care about them? Time? Encouragement? Gift? Act of kindness or service?
(Source: “What If?”, a small group study by Alan Danielson)
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What do you believe it means to be created in the image of God?
(share your answers in the comment section below)
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Time for another discussion question. ”
“If you could wave a magic wand and stop any one thing, what would you stop? Why?”
Do you think that framing the question as what you you stop rather than what would you “want” or “ask for” results in a qualitatively different response? Do you think your response is less self-centered and more outwardly focused?
Does this question have practical implications for the way we live our life? Would asking different questions result in a different focus for our life? A different worldview?
Share your answers in the comments below.
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Group leaders frequently use icebreakers to get the group members to interact with one another. Historical questions work well. I have heard or used questions such as,
- “What historical figure would you most like to meet?”
- “If you could go back in time, what historical event would you most like to witness?”
- “If you were throwing a dinner party and you could invite any eight people from any time in history, who would you invite and why?
Well, here is a related question for you to answer in the comment section below.
If you could capture any event in history on videotape, which one event would it be?
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If you could be any cartoon character, which one would you be?
Inspirational Bible Verses
Where do you turn in Scripture when you need inspiration? When the developers of the Bible Promises iPhone application released an edition that let users “favorite” particular passages they found that the verses most loved by users were Isaiah 40:31; Deuteronomy 31:6; Psalms 103:2-3; Galatians 6:9; and Philippians 4:6.
What Scripture passages would appear on your list of favorites?
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Is Adultery Morally Wrong?
The last national election illustrated just how divided the American people can be on the issues that we consider important. However, there is no such division when it comes to the question of the extra-marital affairs. In a recent Gallop poll, 92% of those surveyed indicated that it is morally wrong for married men or women to have an affair.
See the chart below for how this compared with other social issues.
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I was a bit surprised that the percentage of those thinking cloning, gambling, and the wearing of animal skins morally wrong were as high as they were. How do the numbers on the chart compare to what you would have expected?
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If you going to establish one charitable organization, what would it be?
(share your response in the comment section below)
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