1. Take time to identify your idols by completing this sentence (as many times as it takes to get them all).  LIFE ONLY HAS MEANING/I ONLY HAVE WORTH IF…

2. Practice preaching the Gospel to your soul.  Look up Bible truths on what Christ has promised.  Seek to walk in those promises by faith. 

1. What is Habakkuk’s complaint?

2. Why does God give us the example of a complaining prophet?

3. What does pastor Greg mean by problem of evil?

4. What experience do you have with wrestling with the problem of evil?

5. What hope or answers have you found helpful in your journey of faith through the problem of evil?

1. What Peace did Jesus bring in his first advent?  

2. What Peace will Jesus bring in our future?  

3. How can you participate in the work of Peace and be an agent of peace this week?

1. After hearing the depth behind this Christmas story, how is your faith increasing?  What piece of your faith do you most long to see? (2 Corinthians 5:7)

2. Talk about what you learned about this story today, that you didn’t know before, that could help enrich your (or someone else’s) faith.

3. Make an “even though / God” list, and answer it with Scripture.  Example: Even though I feel persecuted, God will not abandon me.  (2 CoR 4:9)

1. What kind of darkness are you experiencing in your life? And, how is that impacting you?

2. Jesus is here; which one of the following realities about him are you willing to receive in your heart?

   - Jesus will live in the fullness of the Spirit

   - His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord

   - He will administer justice

   - He is always dressed up in righteousness and faithfulness

   - He will establish complete shalom

   - Jesus will fill the whole earth with the knowledge of the Lord

3. Who could you share the hope Jesus is giving you with?

1. What did Pastor Greg mean by the term “Greenhouse?” 

2. Where do we see the use of the Greenhouse theme in the early church in the book of Acts?

3. What are some of the ways that the tool of Greenhouse will help grow leaders?

1. What role did strategic partnership play in Paul's missionary journeys?

2. What role will strategic partnerships play in the future of local and global missions at Living Faith?

3. What are our obstacles to healthy partnerships?

4. Is there anything that God is calling you to regarding local or global strategic partnerships?