Small Group Questions
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What is one of the best decisions you ever made?
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What is one of the worst decisions you have ever made?
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What are the types of things that give people pause, when it comes to choosing Jesus to be in their lives?
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Why does Jesus claim to have authority?
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Which of Jesus’ teachings are the easiest for you to follow?
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Which of Jesus’ teachings are the most difficult for you to follow?
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What can we do to choose Jesus’ way more regularly in our lives?
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What is the worst thunderstorm, hurricane, or tornado you have ever personally experienced? Were you scared? What did you do?
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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.)
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What types of things are the sand that people in 2023 build their life upon?
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What happens when the Flood waters come? How have you seen “sand” types of things let people down in a storm?
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Do you feel like your faith is ready if a storm comes? Why or Why not?
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Read Jeremiah 17:7-8: What are tangible ways for you to be rooted in Christ?
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What are some things that are true of Jesus’ character?
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Do you think following Jesus means you will have a comfortable life?
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Read John 16:33: What does this verse mean to you? How could a verse like that provide us peace?
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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?
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Read Philippians 4:8: What are ways we can focus on these types of things rather than the opposite?
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What is one thing you learned and will take with you from this weekend?
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What are the types of things “Lord Jesus” wants us to do? Supply a scripture with your answer if you can.
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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?
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What can you do this month to “produce the fruit of the Kingdom”?