Grow Group Questions - June 23, 2024
June 20, 2024 4:41 PM
Announcement:
Talk about, as a group, how you can join with the church family for the Foster Care Ministry backpack drive.
Icebreaker: Share a time when you witnessed or experienced something that made you question its authenticity. How did you resolve your doubts?
Sermon Discussion - Read Luke 11:14-26
Pray to experience God’s “strong man” power in our lives. Ask God to open our hearts to experience that power, even in ways that we might be uncomfortable with.
Talk about, as a group, how you can join with the church family for the Foster Care Ministry backpack drive.
Icebreaker: Share a time when you witnessed or experienced something that made you question its authenticity. How did you resolve your doubts?
Sermon Discussion - Read Luke 11:14-26
- The message highlighted how common it was to witness supernatural events, including those involving demons.
- What might be some reasons why the spiritual world is not as obvious to us?
- What were some of the reasons why people misrepresented the source of Jesus' power instead of accepting it?
- How do you see similar attitudes in today's world?
- In what ways do Christians sometimes deny that something is a work of Jesus to avoid confronting what makes us uncomfortable?
- Think about the Parable:
- What does Jesus' victory over demons signify for believers today?
- How should this influence our understanding of spiritual battles and the power we have in Christ?
- Jesus gave a hard line when he said we are either for or against him:
- How does this message contrast how Christianity is often lived in our American culture?
- What does living uncompromisingly for Jesus in your daily life look like?
- How can you personally fight compromising in how you live for Jesus?
- How can seeing Jesus as the “strong man” impact how you live for him this week/this month?
Pray to experience God’s “strong man” power in our lives. Ask God to open our hearts to experience that power, even in ways that we might be uncomfortable with.