Application Questions:
1. How can we experience the peace of God in the midst of confusion, anxiety, and suffering?

2. Why do we lose sight of God’s presence?

3. What is the power that you feel, knowing that nothing can separate you from the love of Christ?

4. Can you describe a thin place where you have been? How did God use this experience in your life?

5. Why are grace and discipline critical to our focus as we follow Jesus?

6. What helps you to have a fresh start in your relationship with Jesus?

7. Why do we take our eyes off God when things are going well?

8. Describe the power of the written word as you pursue the presence of God in your life.

Application Questions:
1. Why is one of the most dangerous things in the world, a wrong belief?

2. Why are people so vulnerable to the teachings of false prophets?

3. Why do think that some turn away from the truth to believe myths?

4. In testing the fruit why are doctrine, lifestyle, and character all critical?

5. How does God prune us in order to bear more fruit?

6. Have you ever been deceived about something significant?

7. What motivates you to get to know Jesus more?

8. What is your biggest challenge at this time to abiding?

Application Questions:
1. When you were young, did you have a picture perfect view of what your life would be like? Describe what that that looked like.

2. Why is the teaching of Jesus to not worry about our life so difficult?

3. What are one or two worries that are especially troublesome to you?

4. What is the difference between caring and worrying?

5. What are the effects of living a life of worry?

6. What takes you from a place of worry to a place of peace?

7. What are the lies that worry tells us?

8. What does Jesus mean by “Is not life more than food and the body more than clothes?"

Application Questions:
1. What is the narrow gate, the road less traveled?
2. How would you describe the broad road?
3. What motivates you to give up your life to follow Christ?
4. How does the destination affect your ability to enjoy the journey?
5. What is difficult about the narrow road and appealing about the broad road?
6. Can you share an experience in which you followed Christ when it was difficult and He changed your desire, as a result, to follow and experience Him more fully?
7. How does it affect you to think that Jesus is the narrow gate, the only way to get to heaven?
8. What choices do you need to make at this time to continue on the narrow road?