1. What makes you happy? What brings you joy? What’s the difference?
2. Can you be joyful even when unhappy? What does that look like?
3. Paul wrote from prison and had joy. Why? If we lived that way through our trials, how would our lives be different?
4. Brock described real joy as, “Serving God no matter the outcome.” How have you seen people model this? What are areas in your life that you need to realign your focus on serving God no matter the outcome?
5. What does God’s grace mean to you? How does that impact how we live and treat others?
6. Philippians 1:11 says, “May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation-the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ-for this will bring much glory and praise to God.”
What is Paul’s hope for everyone? What does this kind of life cost? Who have you seen model this?
7. What challenged you in this message? What do you need to do about it? Take a few minutes and jot down a few practical steps you need to take.
1. How do teenagers at your school cope with difficult circumstances in positive/negative ways? How are these things beneficial or destructive?
2. Paul says in Philippians 2:17, “But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out as a liquid offering to God.”
What does it look like for us to have that attitude today? How can that affect people around us?
3. Brock shared that your life is powerful when you choose to live for Christ. What does that mean? Why is it so important to navigate life’s circumstances with God as our guide?
4. What are some areas you can identify that you need to allow Christ to be your guide? How can you begin to submit to His leading?
5. Why do some Churches ‘compete?’ Is it a competition? How do we get past that mindset? How does it honor God when we put that behind us?
6. What would our communities look like if all the Churches had the mentality of “we are better together?” How can your Church/Youth Group take positive steps in that direction?
7. What challenged you in this message? What do you need to do about it? Take a few minutes and jot down a few practical steps you need to take.
1. What do you think of the “follow me as I follow Christ” approach to Ministry/life? How could you be doing this at your stage of life? Who can you be leading?
2. Do you have to be perfect to lead others? What does a healthy leader look like?
3. Philippians 3:19 says, “They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.”
What does this verse make you think of? What does it mean that ‘Their god is their appetite?’ What are the dangers of this? How do we combat this?
4. Have you been discipled? Why/why not? Do you think discipleship has a place in our modern society? Explain.
5. Brock shared the story of his discipleship and what that has meant to him and his growth. Does that make you think about discipleship differently? Would you consider being discipled by someone?
6. What things need to be considered in a discipleship relationship? Who can you include in that conversation?
7. What challenged you in this message? What do you need to do about it? Take a few minutes and jot down a few practical steps you need to take.
1. Why is giving important to God? What does it show? Does God need our money/stuff?
2. How does the way we see money/stuff factor into our service of Christ? Is money evil? How can money be good? How can money be evil?
3. Why is living our lives with an ‘open hand’ closer to the heartbeat of God? How can we better remember to live this way? What gets in the way?
4. How can you be more generous with your money? How can you be more generous with your time? How can you be more generous with your talents?
5. Why is it important to start being generous at this stage of life? How can that positively affect your future?
6. How will living a generous life make you different from the world? Why is it important to live differently? How does this honor God?
7. What challenged you in this message? What do you need to do about it? Take a few minutes and jot down a few practical steps you need to take.
