Values: Team

1 Peter 5:1-14

Icebreaker - What organization or group have you joined that has had the greatest impact on your life?

Read 1 Peter 5:1-14
1. In your own words, what is a healthy church?

2. What is the importance of a local church within a region or community?

3. How has God used pastors/elders to help you learn the Bible, mature in your faith, and/or equip you for ministry?

4. Why, according to this passage, is humility a crucial characteristic of every Christian?

5. How seriously should a follower of Jesus Christ take our ”adversary the devil” (v.8)? Briefly explain.

6. What factors have led you or your family from prioritizing and promoting unity within the flock (i.e. - busyness, relational divisions, apathy, thinking it’s the responsibility of others, or something else)?

7. How does the gospel of Jesus Christ speak into our suffering and trials (vv.10-11)?

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.” Hebrews 13:17