March 21st
GOD’S WILL AND MY RESPONSE
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 
Talk about one or more of the following with a friend or family member.
 
-Talk about a few of your favorite things—foods, or colors or music. Do you associate a memory, place or activity with any of those?
 
-Have you ever gotten side-tracked on a trip or in life, and ended up someplace you didn’t intend to go—and it was better that way? Share your story.
 
-Do you recharge socially or privately? Would you rather serve publicly or behind the scenes? How do you think the people around you would answer those questions?
 
Discuss with someone who can point you back to Jesus and His love for you.
 
-The Holy Spirit prepared Lydia’s heart to receive Paul’s message and shaped her response. How have you seen or experienced the Holy Spirit at work in similar ways?
 
-When have you felt most useful to other people? When have you felt most useless? What can you learn about yourself in the differences between those two settings?
 
-Where do you think the Holy Spirit is creating openness in you right now? What help from
others or promise from Jesus will shape your response?

March 14th
GOD’S WILL AND MY WORLDVIEW
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 
Talk about one or more of the following with a friend or family member.
 
-Have you ever been afraid of the dark? Have you ever enjoyed the dark? Share a good and bad memory about the dark.
 
-Are you more open or more closed to new people or new perspectives? How quick are you to admit you are wrong? Is this a strength of yours, or a weakness, or both?
 
-What’s the most important thing you have ever changed your mind about? How did that
happen? What was the result?
 
Discuss with someone who can point you back to Jesus and his love for you.
 
-We often experience obedience as something we do. Obedience is also something that God shapes in us, or gives to us as a gift. How would your attitude or actions change if you thought of your obedience as dependent on Jesus and a gift from him?
 
-What do you see Jesus doing in you right now that you don’t quite understand?
 
-When you don’t understand or don’t know what to do next, which promises from Jesus are most helpful to you? Who speaks those promises into your life when you need to hear them?

​Talk about one or more of the following with a friend or family member.
 
- How did your family celebrate Christmas when you were growing up? How did they celebrate Good Friday and Easter? Share a special memory from your childhood.
 
- How many times have you moved houses or cities in your life? Which moves were the most difficult? Which were easiest? Why?
 
- Talk about one major life event that happened in the last five years, and one that is going to happen in the next five years. What thoughts or emotions are connected to those events?
 
Discuss with someone who can point you back to Jesus and His love for you.
 
- When Mary heard the promise that she would be the mother of Jesus, she responded, “Let it be to me according to Your word.” What would it mean to say that to God in your present life circumstance? What would you expect to happen next?
 
- Sometimes prayer seems easy and natural; sometimes prayer seems difficult and only gets harder. Have you experienced either or both of those? What was the situation? What was the outcome? Where or how did you see Jesus at work?
 
- From the cross, Jesus made sure His mother Mary was cared for by John. What relationships has Jesus put in your life to care for you and to point you to Him? How have you heard comfort or promise from someone in your life this week?