Small Group Questions

  1. What is one of the best decisions you ever made?

  2. What is one of the worst decisions you have ever made?

  3. What are the types of things that give people pause, when it comes to choosing Jesus to be in their lives?

  4. Why does Jesus claim to have authority?

  5. Which of Jesus’ teachings are the easiest for you to follow?

  6. Which of Jesus’ teachings are the most difficult for you to follow?

  7. What can we do to choose Jesus’ way more regularly in our lives?

  1. What is the worst thunderstorm, hurricane, or tornado you have ever personally experienced? Were you scared? What did you do?

  2. What is an example of a metaphorical storm that can come up in a person’s life? (you can share a specific storm you have seen/experienced or a general storm you have heard of people experiencing.) 

  3. What types of things are the sand that people in 2023 build their life upon? 

  4.  What happens when the Flood waters come? How have you seen “sand” types of things let people down in a storm?

  5. Do you feel like your faith is ready if a storm comes? Why or Why not?

  6. Read Jeremiah 17:7-8: What are tangible ways for you to be rooted in Christ?

  1. What are some things that are true of Jesus’ character?

  2. Do you think following Jesus means you will have a comfortable life?

  3. Read John 16:33: What does this verse mean to you? How could a verse like that provide us peace?

  4. Read Luke 9:23: What does this verse mean to you? Have you decided to follow Jesus to this extent? For those who have what does this look like in your lives?

  5. Read Philippians 4:8: What are ways we can focus on these types of things rather than the opposite?

  1. What is one thing you learned and will take with you from this weekend?

  2. What are the types of things “Lord Jesus” wants us to do? Supply a scripture with your answer if you can.

  3. Read Matthew 21:42: What does it mean to reject the Cornerstone? In contrast, what does it look like for your life to be built on the foundation of Jesus?

  4. What can you do this month to “produce the fruit of the Kingdom”?