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LIFE GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE Wednesday Night, January 28, 2004 “A World Starving for Grace” 5 Minutes Welcome & Prayer Spend time with your LIFE Group praying / talking about the outreach opportunities hosting the movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” will present to us. • Encourage everyone to be inviting a guest. • Discover how many in your group plan to attend. • Discuss the child care being made available at the building. Let everyone know they will need to drop their kids off at 5:45. We need a list of the kids from your group who will be participating in “Kids of the Kingdom” that night and their ages. Supper tickets for each child will need to be purchased. Tickets are $2.00. • The movie starts promptly at 6:15. We encourage everyone to be in their seat by 6:00. • Tickets will be sold through LIFE Groups and can be purchase in the foyer of the building on Sundays or through the church office. • Debbie Watson will be corresponding with you regarding more specific details regarding tickets sales and child care. Please review all of this information in detail with your group. 10 Minutes OPEN Having spent a month on this study of “Grace” in our Bible Classes, Sunday Night Preaching Moments, and LIFE Group Meetings, what is the one nugget that has most impacted your thinking on this important subject?
Consider this thought: “There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it does not behoove any of us to disparage the rest of us." What does this thought say to you about grace? 15-20 Minutes DIG Read I Peter 4:1-11. Peter calls us to the highest standard – living “for the will of God” (v. 2) What is the lifestyle God wants from His people? In reading this entire section of scripture, how does “grace” become a centerpiece of our transformed lives? Why does Peter say "You have spent enough time doing what pagans choose to do"? What are the results of living selfishly? Why stop?
Read Philippians 2:5-11. In practical terms, how can you arm yourself with the attitude of Christ Jesus? How will this attitude enable you to plant “seeds of grace” along your path?
In practical terms, there are three things we’ve been challenged to do:
• Be dedicated to God. • Be determined to live gracefully. • Dare to be different. Allow the group to discuss practical ways in which they can commit to these resolutions.
Can one act of virtue cause a "ripple effect" in society? Does the action of one person matter in the larger scheme of things? 15 Minutes REFLECT People who live for themselves are often harshly critical toward others. Why do these seem to go hand-in-hand? What is the relationship between living a morally pure life and extending grace to others? 10 Minutes PRAYER TIME More than ever, let’s go fishing. Remember the empty chair.
Think of someone in your circle of influence that is most in need of grace. How can you minister to that person during this coming week?
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