SUNDAY, March 17, 2019
Can You Hear Me Now? Part 2
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:9 Whoever has an ear, let him hear.
GOAL OF SMALL GROUP: To help students identify the ways that God speaks to us and actively listen for His voice.
ICE BREAKER: What kind of notifications do you receive on your phone? Are you the type of person that has 913 notifications on your phone or do you need to clear them immediately?
DISCUSSION:
1. What are some ways you can turn off your mental notifications so that you can hear God?
2. If God uses the Bible to speak to us, what are some practical ways we can increase the daily “notifications” or truth that Bible offers us?
3. How do you know the difference between your thoughts vs feeling confident that God is speaking to you and prompting you?*Mentors help your few process through this by learning to check their thoughts: “does this thought/decision bring me closer to God?” “does this thought/decision honor God?”
4. How can we understand what God is saying to us through our circumstances when our circumstances are constantly changing?
5. Look up Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”
How does this verse help us understand that God cares more about who we are becoming through our circumstances rather than changing our circumstances for us? *Mentors help your few understand that regardless of our circumstances from living in a broken world, God wastes nothing and wants to use these circumstances to draw us to Him & make us more like Him.
6. Share with your group some of the things that you are waiting for God to speak to you about.
7. This week how can we allow God to speak through us in each others lives?
WRAP UP: God speaks to us in different ways because He desperately wants us to hear Him. Look for the ways that God is calling out “Can you hear me now?” He doesn’t want His voice to be complicated or mysterious but sometimes it requires us to turn off notifications that are distracting us.
PRAYER: Let’s continue to put into practice what we’re learning. Let’s spend some time praying for God to remove the distractions in our lives so that we can hear God clearly. *Mentors encourage your group to pray for each other and the things that they are wanting to hear God’s voice about.
GOAL OF SMALL GROUP: To help students identify the ways that God speaks to us and actively listen for His voice.
ICE BREAKER: What kind of notifications do you receive on your phone? Are you the type of person that has 913 notifications on your phone or do you need to clear them immediately?
DISCUSSION:
1. What are some ways you can turn off your mental notifications so that you can hear God?
2. If God uses the Bible to speak to us, what are some practical ways we can increase the daily “notifications” or truth that Bible offers us?
3. How do you know the difference between your thoughts vs feeling confident that God is speaking to you and prompting you?*Mentors help your few process through this by learning to check their thoughts: “does this thought/decision bring me closer to God?” “does this thought/decision honor God?”
4. How can we understand what God is saying to us through our circumstances when our circumstances are constantly changing?
5. Look up Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”
How does this verse help us understand that God cares more about who we are becoming through our circumstances rather than changing our circumstances for us? *Mentors help your few understand that regardless of our circumstances from living in a broken world, God wastes nothing and wants to use these circumstances to draw us to Him & make us more like Him.
6. Share with your group some of the things that you are waiting for God to speak to you about.
7. This week how can we allow God to speak through us in each others lives?
WRAP UP: God speaks to us in different ways because He desperately wants us to hear Him. Look for the ways that God is calling out “Can you hear me now?” He doesn’t want His voice to be complicated or mysterious but sometimes it requires us to turn off notifications that are distracting us.
PRAYER: Let’s continue to put into practice what we’re learning. Let’s spend some time praying for God to remove the distractions in our lives so that we can hear God clearly. *Mentors encourage your group to pray for each other and the things that they are wanting to hear God’s voice about.
BONUS CONTENT: Prayer Challenge - Share this with your group and continue the conversation on GroupMe this week
