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Life Group Questions

1. What was the main thing you got out of Sunday's message?

2. In Sunday’s message, Pastor Ryan taught us that there are over 2,000 verses in the Bible dealing with money – more than four times that of verses on either prayer or faith. Why do you think that is?

3. The three principles (Principle of the Firstborn, Principle of the Firstfruits, and Principle of the Tithe) are all speaking to the fact that God should have first place in every area of your life. Share with everyone when that happened for you in the area of your finances.

4. What has been the biggest struggle for you in being faithful and consistent in giving the tithe to your church?

5. Keeping in mind that the three underlying issues for people not tithing are Education (not knowing what the Bible says), Faith (not trusting God to provide for you), and Disobedience (not caring what God commands you to do), which of these is (or was) the real issue for you? How can you (did you) get victory over it?

LG Questions:
1. Why do you think that it is important to practice hospitality WITHIN the family?

2. What are some of the practical ways that you practice hospitality AS a family?

3. When being hospitable, how do you involve your children?

4. What are some of your family traditions?

5. Be honest. To this point, are you just a listener when it comes to hospitality? Or are you a doer? If so, what have you done?

Life Group Questions

1. What did you personally get out of Sunday's message?

2. A well-managed home looks at hospitality as a lifestyle, not just an event. Is this how you view hospitality in your home? Explain.

3. Do you view your home as a place where ministry can and should happen?

4. Pastor Ryan gave us four practical steps to successfully plan hospitality.
- Develop reliable menus
- Establish a list
- Encourage meaningful conversation
- Pray, pray, pray

Which of these do you need to add to your planning and why?

Life Group Questions

1. How did Pastor Myles describe hospitality?

2. When was the last time you had people over to your house?

3. What is the primary focus of hospitality?

4. Pastor Myles gave five biblical categories of guests.
- Believers
- Unbelievers
- Those in need
- Foreigners, immigrants, & refugees
- Those in ministry

Which category have you neglected to show hospitality toward and why?

LG Questions for 11/10/21 (What is Worship?) - John Church

1. In your own words, what is worship? What is it to you?

2. What do you think about this statement? Is it true for you? Why?
--- Frederick Robertson said this: “Again, it is not a thing which a man can decide, whether he will be a worshiper or not, a worshiper he must be, the only question is what will he worship? Every man worships--is a born worshiper.”

3. In Revelation 3:15-16, Jesus issues a call to worship to you by saying this: “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
--- Are you in danger of being spit out because your worship is tepid?

4. The two marks of worship: 1) sacrifice and 2) faith. With regard to your worship:
--- How are you sacrificing? Why is that a sacrifice?
--- How are you acting in faith? What makes that an act of faith?

Life Group Questions:
1. What were the main takeaways from Sunday’s message for you and how can you apply them to your life?

2. Describe the culture in which you were raised? What were godly and ungodly aspects of that culture?

3. Can you identify the character traits you picked up during your upbringing that you are now working on changing?

4. Heaven's worship culture includes extending our hands, kneeling, shouting, singing a spontaneous song, clapping, raving as if a madman, and dancing. Which ones are easier and which ones are harder for you to embrace?

5. The story of David bringing back the ark of the Lord was read. Can you somehow relate with David’s wife Michal that she was embarrassed for her husband and concerned about what people would think? How important is the opinion of other people to you?