ICEBREAKER
If you could share one piece of advice with everyone in the group, what would it be?

DIGGING DEEPER
This week, we learned about Thomas, sometimes known as “doubting Thomas.” We all have doubts from time to time. Sometimes, when God doesn’t do what we want, or when we want Him to do it, we question God, and we doubt. Has there ever been a time in your life where you had more faith than you have now?

READ: JOHN 20:25-27 NLT & MATTHEW 26:73-75 & JOHN 21:15-17
The Bible is full of imperfect, complicated people God used. Peter did something he swore he would never do and failed. Sometimes we think that our failures are too big for God to overcome, and we think that God could never use us. After Peter failed, Jesus could have rebuked him, but chose to restore Peter in spite of his failure. What does this show us about the character of God’s heart towards us and our failures?

READ: JOHN 20:28-29 NLT
Even though you may not feel like you have a lot of faith, you have more faith than the disciple’s. Why? Because you have believed without seeing Jesus in person. Sometimes, we think we can only have faith or doubt. But we wouldn’t need faith unless we had some doubts. Faith isn’t the absence of doubt, but that we move on despite them. What are some practical ways you can, “stay on the path” in spite of your doubts and keep moving forward in faith?

BREAK UP FOR PRAYER & CARE TIME
Pray that as doubts creep into our lives that Jesus reveals himself, right when we need Him. Pray that we learn to live with our doubts alongside our faith, moving forward claiming that Jesus is our Lord and our God.