How are you feeling the uncertainty and brevity of life at this time or season in life? What practical reminders can you give yourself as you plan that you are not God? What specific conversations will you have this week because you have been reminded that life is short and only what is done for Christ will last? What temporary moments or seasons have you given eternal weight? How has this disappointed you throughout life?  How are you acting in the delusion of deity as you plan? What sort of reactions do you have to life circumstances that reveal [...]

What do you find yourself arguing with others about the most? (at home, church, work, school) What does this say about your heart? Do your arguments reveal anything specific in your heart that may have become an idol?  Are there things you want really bad but would never pray for because you know your motive is wrong? Are there things you really wish God would do but know they are not what would be right or God for you? How does this reveal any idols in your heart? How have you experienced God’s opposition to your pride? How have [...]

If wisdom begins with being bridled by the word of God, in what ways are you the most unwise or unbridled? In what areas are you refusing to submit to God’s word? How do you need to specifically embrace meekness of wisdom by obeying God’s word?  In what areas of life do you struggle the most with selfish ambition? Has there ever been something you were willing to pursue at all costs? Is there something you want now that you’d be willing to hurt or destroy others for?  What do you tend to be the most argumentative about? How [...]

Is there a certain word, phrase, or sentence spoken by a specific person that has impacted or changed your life? Are there certain words spoken by a person that has hurt or caused pain in your life? Who and what are they? In what context are your words the most harnessed? When are you most careful in the way you speak? Where are you most careless when it comes to words you speak?  How have you seen words destroy good things in your life? How have you used words to hurt and destroy others?In what specific ways have you [...]

Read the following two verses and discuss how each them emphasize God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone Galatians 2:16 a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.  Eph 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of [...]

What does it look like to reject partiality by seeking to make Jesus the only one famous in the church? What specific practices protect the church from favoritism? How should our worship protect us from showing favoritism? In what ways can the church honor those who the world dishonors? How have you seen the church pander to the powerful for credibility? How do you struggle with this personally? Are there certain groups of people you struggle to love? Is there a certain person you are having trouble showing mercy? How will you being reminded of God’s mercy to you [...]