Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation.

• Share something silly that was a struggle for you this week that isn’t really a big deal compared to deeper #struggles.

End with a challenge to take action.

• What can our group do to be open, real, and authentic with each other? What would it take for us to really remove all filters between us?

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation.

• Talk about any anxiety or compulsions you

End with a challenge to take action. Choose a closing question to help each person identify their next steps.

• What will you do this week to practice the power of presence?

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation.

• Share the most ridiculous selfie you’ve seen recently.

End with a challenge to take action.

• How will you cultivate gratitude through Christ’s strength this week? Specifically what do you commit to do?

I Thessalonians 5:12-28

I Grace is greater than your circumstances.

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances…

What God has done for you is greater than what that person has done to you.

See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

Matthew 18:21-35

…where sin did abound, grace did much more abound…

Every heart knows its own bitterness…

“If the biggest sinner you know isn’t you, then you don’t know yourself very well.”

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

I. Grace is greater than repayment.

II. Grace is greater than revenge.

III. Grace is greater than resentment.

“When you forgive the prisoner that it really frees is you.”

The key to giving grace — hard, messy grace — is to stop thinking about what’s been done to you and to start thinking about what Jesus has done for you.

II Corinthians 12:1-10

See to it that no one misses the grace of God…

When we’re weak, that weakness gives space for God’s grace to show up. That weakness is the place where God’s power can be most visibly demonstrated.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

I. Grace is greater than my infirmities.

II. Grace is greater than my inabilities.

When they [the religious leaders of the day] saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that they had been with Jesus.

III. Grace is greater than my insecurities.

Romans 5:12-17

“See to it that no one misses the grace of God.”

The wages of sin is death.

When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

I. Grace is greater than your sin.

For the sin of one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.

The result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result

For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it.

II. Grace is greater than your secret.

III. Grace is greater than your shame.

John 20:19-29

I. Asking Questions

II. Finding Answers

Luke 7:18-23

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

I. Be honest about your doubt.

II. Let doubt move you toward Jesus.

III. When in doubt practice stubborn faith.

Mark 2: 1-12

I. THE STORY

II. THE APPLICATION

1. The power of friendship. Who wouldn’t want to have four friends like these? Friends who would do anything to help you.

2. The power of desperation.

3. The power of faith.

4. The power of spiritual healing.

The most important place in life is to know our sins are forgiven and our life made right with God.