Ryan Moffat

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Steve Stratos

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

1. Where have you partnered with someone to do a task and had great results? Explain.

2. How would you describe a great relationship?

3. How would you describe intimacy and support?

4. Who have you experienced “having your back” in a difficult time?

5. How would you describe the role of the Holy Spirit?

Ryan Moffat

Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3

1. What did the Spirit say to you through the teaching this weekend?

2. What “hidden worldview” are you filtering life’s experiences through? How is that unknowingly impacting you?

3. Read Romans 12:14-21. How does “Vengeance is mine” reshape how we endure difficulties, evil, and wickedness?

4. How can this message of “God, the righteous judge” be good news to our friends, family and community who don’t know Christ yet? How could our current cultural context be a strategic moment to help steer people to the Good News of the righteous judge?

Steve Stratos, McKibben Womack

2 Chronicles 30:18-19; 1 Corinthians 4:15

1. In light of Sunday’s message, how are you empowered and free to be a father?

2. What are some ways you are a blessing? And what are some ways you can become a blessing?

3. Look back through the passages covered in Sunday’s sermon, especially the passages in 1 Corinthians and 2 Chronicles. Spend some time talking about what jumps out to you in these passages.

Steve Stratos

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

1. In what ways do you find the seasons of your life comforting? In what ways are they concerning?

2. Do you feel that time is moving too fast or too slow? Why?

3. Is there something you do or experience in life right now that earlier in your life you promised you would never do? What might that be?

4. Are you a be-here-now person or easily distracted?

5. Do you look for opportunities to affirm others?

6. What do you need to do to spend your time more wisely?

Ryan Moffat

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

1. What did God say to you this week through the word and the teaching?

2. What broken cisterns are you looking to for meaning, purpose and validation?

3. How can you see your daily activities (work, school, chores, friendships) have more meaningful connection as you see them as sacred tasks connected to the life of God?

4. How can understanding these worldviews (humanism, hedonism, existentialism, nihilism) help us better in our evangelism?

5. Anything else stand out?

Steve Stratos

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

1. Where have you found your significance? How sustainable has it been? Why or why not?

2. How would you describe your worldview?

3. What biblical answers would you give to these four questions? Use scripture if you can

a. Origin

b. Meaning c. Morality d. Destiny

4. Why is intelligence and experience not enough?

5. Explain the illogic of three worldviews. Look them up. Why are they “under the sun” worldviews?

a. Humanism b. Hedonism c. Existentialism

Jonathan Martin

Matthew 6:28-29,33; 1 Kings 2:46-3:1; 6:38; 7:1; 10:14,26-28; 11:1-8; Deuteronomy 17:14,16

1. Why do you think the wisest man there ever has been did not finish well? How can we possibly hope to do better?

2. Read Matthew 6:25-33. Jesus says, "seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you." Do we believe that? Or do we seek first the things, even though we live in comfort greater than that of even Solomon?

3. What gold do you amass for yourself? What are your horses and chariots? What are your foreign wives and political alliances that you put before His kingdom?

Dustin Smith

Romans 12:9-21

1. Who are you developing an intentional relationship with? a. Who can you have a meal with? b. Who can you go on a walk with? c. Who are you learning from?

2. Who is one person from a different generation that you are developing a relationship with?

3. Who lives a totally different life/reality than you?

4. Who have you seen that looks like they might be struggling to connect to SCC?

Steve Stratos & Ryan Moffat

Philippians 3:8; Acts 16:25

1. What did the Spirit say to you through the Word this week?

2. We learned the PAPA prayer acronym from Larry Crabb this weekend (Present, Attend, Purge, Approach). Was this helpful? How so? If not what strategies have you used to better connect with God in prayer?

3. How can you pray to experience the “upper story” (relating well to God) in the midst of the chaos of the lower story (life not being what you wanted it to be)? Read Acts 16:25.... how did Paul and Silas have this kind of response?

4. What prayer habit are you committed to applying and employing in light of learning the prayers of Paul?