Finding Calmer Waters Series

Finding Calmer Waters

Tonight we are ending our series with a message entitled “Finding Calmer Waters”. We’re going to do things a little different and we’re going to have some fun.

We are going to mix up our group a bit and have some discussion and interaction. We are going to break into small groups.

Small Group Discussion: Finding Calmer Water

1. Be Patience – courageous perseverance in the face of suffering and difficulty.

Questions:

- How does (should) realizing my purpose affect my attitude towards trials and tribulations?

- What are some of the difficult things in life to surrender (give over) to God?

2. Examine You Life – to inspect closely, to test the condition

Questions:

- How does God’s Word act like a mirror into our lives? (It is a relection of what our lives should look like)

- What method have you found that is most effective in studing and applying God’s Word to your everyday life?

- What is the danger of reading, listening to, and even studing God’s Word but not doing what it says?

3. Love Everyone – unconditional acceptance

Questions:

- How are cliques and prejudices similar?

- How do we avoid being perceived as a clique?

- How can RSM be a better community? (Welcome and accept those who come. Get students involved in a small group. Hang out before and after Wednesday night services.)

4. Watch Your Mouth – The power of life and death is in the tongue.

Questions:

- Why is it important to control our tongue?

- What are some things that we can say to encourage others?

5. Have Faith – the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things unseen, belief and trust that moves one to action.

Questions:

- How would you describe someone who says they believe in God but their life doesn’t show it? (dead, hypocrit)

- What do you do to prove that you have faith in God love for Jesus?

6. Be Serious – realizing that we don’t know what tomorrow holds for us, we need to take our eternal fate seriously.

Questions:

- Do you know where you will spend enternity?

- How serious are you about your relationship with Jesus?

7. Live on Purpose – fulfillment of your destiny depends on your willingness to follow God’s will.

Questions:

- Why are you here? (5 purposes, worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism)

- Do you make plans without considering the will of God?

- How do we find God’s will for our lives? (consentrated & focused prayer, studing His Word, the counsel of parents, counsel of Godly influencers)

- What are you doing to fulfill God’s will in your life?

8. Be Pateint – to stay put and stand fast when you’ld like to run away.

Questions:

- Why should we stay the course? (Jesus is coming back, to be a witness, receive God’s blessing)

9. Pray Hard – the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective!

Questions:

- Do you have a prayer life to be reckoned with? (retorical)

- What do you pray about? Why?

- Do you pray only in times of crisis?

- Are you the type of person others seek out for prayer support?

10. Rescue the Victims – people who have wondered off, have no means, or are rebellious due to the storms of life.

Questions:

- Are you passionate for the lost?

- Is there anyone you have given up on?

- What are you doing to rescue the victims?