The Questions

Session 1: The Invitation To More

1. What is the best event you have ever been invited to?
2. Which group do you relate to the most? The busy group, the bitter group or the available group?
3. What makes you busy or distracted in life?
4. How do we follow God AND take care of our responsibilities in life?
5. What types of circumstances can make us bitter in life?
6. Can you share a time that something happened that made you bitter against God?
7. How can we still trust God when life is difficult?
8. What needs to change in your life so you can be available and able to accept God’s invitation to MORE?

Session 2: Do It Scared

1. What is something you are afraid of?
2. Have you ever missed out on an opportunity because you were afraid?
3. Have you ever overcome the fear of failure? How did you do it and what was the result?
4. Why do we care about what others think of us?
5. Why do we believe that our value is defined by our success? Can you give examples of how we believe this lie in our lives?
6. Have you ever felt less valuable because you failed? Can you share an example?
7. How does Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross establish our value?
8. How can you remember this truth the next time you are tempted to give in to fear?

Session 3: Grace is Greater

1. Have you ever gone swimming in deep ocean? What did you think while you were out there?
2. Have you ever been in a situation outside of your control? What were you thinking or feeling during that time?
3. Have you ever felt like God didn’t care when you went through a storm?
4. How have you seen God work in your life during a storm or on the other side of a storm?
5. How do we often define ourselves by our scars?
6. Have you ever felt shame about something you did and it haunted you?
7. Jesus doesn’t see scars, he sees people. How does Jesus see you? What identity would he give you?
8. What sins have you thought are “too great” and could keep you from Jesus?
9. What should we do when we sin? How can we “return” to Jesus?
10. Spend some time in prayer with your students, praying over storms, scars and sins.

Session 4: Kingdom Builders

1. What is something you have built that you are most proud of?
2. Have you ever felt like you had no part to play in God’s KINGDOM story?
3. Have you ever felt like God was calling you to do something? If so, what. And what was your response?
4. How does what we learned on Saturday morning empower us to take a risk when following God’s calling?
5. Are you tempted to be like a noble, a critic or a builder?
6. What distracts you from building God’s kingdom?
7. How can we, as a community, build God’s kingdom together?