1. How is God calling the people to repent good news? Why should we welcome the corrective love of God?

3. What spiritual disciplines do you practice? What dangers are present with spiritual disciplines? How do you guard yourself and how can we keep our motives pure?

3. The people in Isaiah’s day were hypocrites. They fasted, a spiritual discipline, but they refused to submit to God in other areas of their lives. They were mean to their employees, selfish, and hard to live with. What are ways we can better see the blind spots in our lives? What’s the value of being in relationship with other people to help us as we try to bear fruit?

4. Are there any areas that you’ve discovered in your life that need to be corrected? What steps do you plan to take to help foster God’s will for you?