Waking Life

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PRAY:

Have someone read Psalm 1:1-2 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?

READ:

Ephesians 5:1-5


SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from this passage?
  • What does it look like for you to "give yourself up" for the good of another person? What is a practical example of this?
  • How was sex and sexuality approached in your family?
  • Who or what has had the biggest impact on your understanding of sex and sexuality?
  • How has the Bible or the church affected your view of sex and sexuality (positively or negatively)?
  • In what ways does selfishness affect sex and sexuality?
  • What does selfish sex and sexuality look like?
  • What does selfless, others-centered sex and sexuality look like?
  • Have you ever felt used by another person to satisfy their own needs or desires? How did this make you feel?
  • In what ways do you tend to use others to satisfy your own needs or desires?
  • How does thanksgiving combat self-centered sex and sexuality? How does it cultivate selflessness?

PRACTICE:

Review this month's Practice together as a group.

  • What will be the biggest obstacle for you to put this into practice everyday?

PRAY:

End your time by having someone read Psalm 9:1-2 aloud. Spend some time silently reflecting on this passage before you close in prayer.