Group Leader Guide

Open with a short prayer and ask God to bless your discussion time.


ICE BREAKER

  1. Highs and Lows: Ask each person at the table if they wish to share a highlight or lowlight of their week.

  2. Question: What is the strangest food you’ve ever eaten?



DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person,and it can never be filled by any created thing. It can only be filled by God, made known through Jesus Christ.” - Pascal

  1. How have you seen the above quote be true in your life?
  2. In the past, what have you tried to use to fill the vacuum in your heart?
  3. What was the moment you realized that only God could fill it? How did that change you?

Pastor Cory said that hurry is a common enemy to us experiencing God’s love, joy and peace in our lives.
4. How is hurry impacting your relationships?
5. What can you change in your life to make more time in your life to love people?

“The fruit of our life is the product of what we think about, consume, indulge in, and are connected to.”
6. Why is this a true statement?
7. How is what it impacting your life in a negative or positive way?



MOVING FORWARD

The moment you receive Jesus as your Savior by faith, God plants his Spirit and His Word into your heart like a seed and you were spiritually born again. You have the seed in you, but have you been watering it, growing it, nurturing it? No farmer plants a seed and expects fruit automatically. They work the ground, take care of it, help it grow. We can’t expect more love, more joy, more peace, more patience of your life, if you don’t spend time reading God’s Word, spending time in prayer, and renewing your mind, or letting the spirit change the way you think.
8. Are you willing to let the Holy Spirit reveal where you aren’t in lock step with Him?



CHANGING YOUR MIND

—‘For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ’ Galatians 5:16-18 https://my.bible.com/bible/111/GAL.5.16-18



HOW CAN I PRAY FOR YOU THIS WEEK?

Pray for the work that God is doing in them through this study. Pray for the Word to be opened up to them and for the love of God to be with them this week.