Wk 4 // February 1 & 2
Wk 4 // HOW TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE
February 1 & 2, 2025
Small Group Study
SERMON RECAP
Spend a few minutes recapping this week's sermon together.
Tap here to view the sermon notes.
INTRODUCTION
For many of us, we relate more with the darker aspects of daily life - that which irritates, angers, or saddens us. It is so easy to allow bad days, which include negative circumstances, to define our thought processes and even our direction at times. God has a better way of doing life! His way of doing life calls us to tear through the dark blanket shrouding our day and seek his light, love, and gifts.
STUDY [tap on scripture to read]
HAVE A VOLUNTEER READ Ephesians 3:14-19
Foundation is important when seeking to construct a building. The same is true for our spiritual, emotional, and mental construction. God desires to build us up into someone great doing great things to show his kingdom to our broken world. In order to build something great in us, we must first be rooted and established in his love. Only then will we begin to grasp and take hold of all that he desires for us.
HAVE A VOLUNTEER READ Ephesians 20-21
Allow your mind to drift for a moment to a God that is this amazing and ask yourself, “What if”. What if God can repair that, bless you in this way, use you to accomplish that, speak through you to change that… etc., etc.. Yes, God is even greater and more capable of doing that and even more than that. This is the God we serve. Through the love and power of Jesus, we can experience even more. What if…?
APPLICATION
PRAYER
Pray that God would begin to show you more of what his “immeasurably more” looks like in your life.
February 1 & 2, 2025
Small Group Study
SERMON RECAP
Spend a few minutes recapping this week's sermon together.
Tap here to view the sermon notes.
- What was one takeaway from this week's sermon for you?
- Were there any stories, ideas, or points that stuck out?
- Was there anything that challenged you?
INTRODUCTION
- What is the most peaceful, happy, etc. dream you can ever remember having that made you wake up smiling?
- What does your “happy place” look like… meaning, when you need to get your mind out of angry, depressing, etc. thoughts, what do you recall, or remind yourself of?
For many of us, we relate more with the darker aspects of daily life - that which irritates, angers, or saddens us. It is so easy to allow bad days, which include negative circumstances, to define our thought processes and even our direction at times. God has a better way of doing life! His way of doing life calls us to tear through the dark blanket shrouding our day and seek his light, love, and gifts.
STUDY [tap on scripture to read]
HAVE A VOLUNTEER READ Ephesians 3:14-19
- What does it look like, practically, for someone to be rooted and established the way this passage explains?
- How do you describe the love of Jesus since it surpasses knowledge?
Foundation is important when seeking to construct a building. The same is true for our spiritual, emotional, and mental construction. God desires to build us up into someone great doing great things to show his kingdom to our broken world. In order to build something great in us, we must first be rooted and established in his love. Only then will we begin to grasp and take hold of all that he desires for us.
HAVE A VOLUNTEER READ Ephesians 20-21
- What is something your heart has longed for that you’ve had a hard time believing God can or will do in your life?
- How do you think your life might look different if you experienced God doing immeasurably more than you could ask or imagine?
Allow your mind to drift for a moment to a God that is this amazing and ask yourself, “What if”. What if God can repair that, bless you in this way, use you to accomplish that, speak through you to change that… etc., etc.. Yes, God is even greater and more capable of doing that and even more than that. This is the God we serve. Through the love and power of Jesus, we can experience even more. What if…?
APPLICATION
- What are one or two things you are going to try practicing this week to keep your mind out of the gutter, darkness, etc.?
- What great thing(s) are you going to be praying for God to do in your life this week?
PRAYER
Pray that God would begin to show you more of what his “immeasurably more” looks like in your life.
