Celebrate To Sustain Your Joy

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD What has been most meaningful to you in what we have studied together during these seven weeks? KEY VERSE Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 DISCOVERY QUESTIONS  Are there ways[...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD  Did you have the opportunity to encourage someone this week? Did God give you some ideas for a ministry to others that can grow out of what he is restoring in your life?  Would you rather celebrate quietly or celebrate loudly?  KEY VERSE “The joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 DISCOVERY QUESTIONS [...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD  Ask if anyone had a victory in the face of the opposition we inevitably face as we put things together again.  What God-given successes are you most grateful for?  KEY VERSE So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding[...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD  Talk about your experiences of writing a thank-you note to someone each day (or even one day) this last week.  When you face opposition, is your first reaction to want to engage or to want to escape?  KEY VERSE Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to[...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD  Did you see any answers to prayer this last week?  Who is one of the most thankful people you know?  KEY VERSE How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy as we enter God’s presence. 1 Thessalonians 3:9 NLT DISCOVERY QUESTIONS  What person are you thankful for?  How have others’[...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD 1. Talk about what you experienced in your fasting or prayer times during this last week. 2. When you think about how a baby takes his or her first steps, what does it say to you about first steps in our lives as adults? KEY VERSE The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then[...]

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD  If you’re meeting for the first time as a group, go around the room and share your name, where you were born, and something about your life.  What picture comes to your mind when you hear the word rebuild?  KEY VERSE The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will[...]