THE GIVER OF LIFE

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PRAY:

Have someone read Psalm 103:6 aloud. After you read it, spend a minute or two silently reflecting on the passage. Then spend some time praying as a group for anything that this passage draws to your mind or stirs up in your heart.

ONE ANOTHERING:

Try to think of some practical needs you can share to give others the opportunity to step up and love you. It's okay if it takes some time to get comfortable with this. It takes time and practice to be vulnerable with one another... but amazing things happen when we are. Remember that the Benevolence Ministry is a resource for our comGroups.

  • How can we love or serve one another this week?

DEFINE: TRINITY

REFLECT:

  • Did you feel connected to the life, love, or joy of the Trinity at all this week?
  • What did that look like?
  • Did the practice from this week help to cultivate that connection?

WATCH:

SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from this video?
  • How would you describe God's space? How would you describe our space?
  • What would it look like for those two spaces to overlap?
  • Does this challenge any of the ways you have thought about Heaven?
  • Do you feel like this video gives you a good understanding of temples? What questions do you still have?

READ:

2 Corinthians 5:17-19 & 6:16


SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from these passages?
  • What do you think it means to be a new creation?
  • In what ways have you seen this "newness" in your own life? In what ways do you see the "old" still clinging to you?
  • How do you respond when you find yourself living according to your old self?
  • What do you think it means for us to be ministers of reconciliation? In what ways do we help to reconcile others to God?
  • What do you think it means for us to be the temple of God?

PRACTICE:

Put this slide into practice this week. Remind yourself of these four truths. Come back next week to share how this affected your experience of God.

PRAY:

End your time by having someone read Ephesians 1:7-10 aloud. Spend some time silently reflecting on this passage before you close in prayer.