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Grow Group Questions - April 14, 2024
April 12, 2024 6:50 AM
Announcement:
Neighbors Day is April 27th. Please consider coming and serving as a group alongside the rest of the church to serve others in our community. You can sign up here.
Icebreaker: What is the thing that makes you the most impatient?
Sermon Discussion - James 5:7-11
Pray for hearts that can have wisdom for how to entrust our pain and suffering to God. Pray for healing for those in the middle of pain and suffering in relationships.
Reminder for next week: Read through James 5:12 (Yep, just one verse next week)
MEN, we have the Men's Breakfast coming up on Saturday, May 4th (8:30-10). Talk about this! Save the date and come together! Register together here!
Neighbors Day is April 27th. Please consider coming and serving as a group alongside the rest of the church to serve others in our community. You can sign up here.
Icebreaker: What is the thing that makes you the most impatient?
Sermon Discussion - James 5:7-11
- What stood out to you the most from the sermon?
- Discuss the connection between patience and hope. How does maintaining hope contribute to our ability to be patient?
- Reflect on the role of complaining in response to suffering.
- How does complaining affect our ability to wait patiently for God's intervention?
- How does complaining about others reflect a lack of trust in God's timing and justice?
- How does complaining or “venting” about others affect your own heart as well as your relationship with others?
- Consider James's call to trust in God's promise of justice and restoration in Christ’s return.
- How can you maintain your focus on Jesus and His eventual return during times of prolonged waiting and suffering?
- Reflect on the statement, "Patience in suffering is patience with each other as we suffer." How does this perspective shape your interactions with others who have hurt you in the church?
- In what ways can we support and encourage one another in times of waiting and suffering, while also holding each other accountable to respond in ways that honor God?
Pray for hearts that can have wisdom for how to entrust our pain and suffering to God. Pray for healing for those in the middle of pain and suffering in relationships.
Reminder for next week: Read through James 5:12 (Yep, just one verse next week)
MEN, we have the Men's Breakfast coming up on Saturday, May 4th (8:30-10). Talk about this! Save the date and come together! Register together here!