Connect:
Does your family or culture have any rites of passage events? Are there any you’ve heard of you’ve thought are cool?

View the After Party:

As part of this series, the After Party will focus on skills and dynamics that can help with inviting vulnerability and supporting one another in healthy ways. These will be longer than the usual After Party, but we highly recommend starting each group with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDL1gJ7KgUA

Sermon Points:
• We need to stand in God’s presence
• We need to listen to God’s words
• We need to remember God’s love
• God moves closer when we feel shame

Discuss:
1. Did anything from the sermon stick out or did you have any questions?
2. Scott said, “We feel guilt for what we do; we feel shame for what we think we are.” How did this nuance strike you?
3. Scotty said that shame causes us to isolate away from relationships. Why do you think that is? Have you ever seen that dynamic in your life?
4. Is it hard to believe that God moves closer to you when you feel shame? Why do you think that is?
5. What steps can we take to start grounding our view or ourselves in what God thinks of us? What are the obstacles that prevent us from doing this?
6. What can we do to seek God’s presence, listen to God’s words, or remember God’s love this week?

Pray:

Close your time by sharing prayer requests and praying for one another.

Reach Out:
You can text “ReachOut” to 97000 to connect with someone to pray with you.