GCF Hays

Life Group Questions  1. Before Sunday, how would you have described a life at peace? Has your answer changed? If so, how? 2. The sermon suggested we can live in peace (e.g., worry-free) amid Jesus-promised never-ending trouble (John 16:33). Is this just foolishness? How can this be? 3. Think about your heaviest troubles right now (e.g., family, marriage, parenting, money, work, church). You don't...

Life Group Questions  1. What has had the greatest influence on your joy lately: God’s presence and promises, or what is happening around you? What does your answer reveal about where you’ve been placing your trust? 2. Pastor Rob said, “Joy doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain. Joy means my pain doesn’t get the final word.” What pain, disappointment, or unanswered prayer has been speaking the loudest in...

Life Group Questions  1. What has had the greatest influence on your joy lately: God’s presence and promises, or what is happening around you? What does your answer reveal about where you’ve been placing your trust? 2. Pastor Rob said, “Joy doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain. Joy means my pain doesn’t get the final word.” What pain, disappointment, or unanswered prayer has been speaking the loudest in...

Life Group Questions: 1. In Genesis, God’s first command to mankind was to “be fruitful and multiply.” The Hebrew words used help us see “fruitful” as a quality word and “multiply” as a quantity word. Why do you think God would address the quality of what we produce before the quantity? 2. Pastor Ryan referenced a quote from John Murray: “Whatever else we may have, if we don’t have character, we h...

Life Group Questions: 1. In Genesis, God’s first command to mankind was to “be fruitful and multiply.” The Hebrew words used help us see “fruitful” as a quality word and “multiply” as a quantity word. Why do you think God would address the quality of what we produce before the quantity? 2. Pastor Ryan referenced a quote from John Murray: “Whatever else we may have, if we don’t have character, we h...

Life Group Questions  1. What stood out to you most from the message, and why did it speak to you personally? 2. When an obstacle appears in your life, what is your usual first response: fear, frustration, avoidance, faith, or something else? 3. Can you share about a past obstacle that God eventually used as an opportunity for growth, change, or ministry? 4. What current obstacle might God be invi...

Life Group Questions  1. What stood out to you most from the message, and why did it speak to you personally? 2. When an obstacle appears in your life, what is your usual first response: fear, frustration, avoidance, faith, or something else? 3. Can you share about a past obstacle that God eventually used as an opportunity for growth, change, or ministry? 4. What current obstacle might God be invi...

Life Group Questions  1. Whose eyes matter most in your everyday decisions? (Think about a recent decision involving your family, work, finances, relationships, time, or personal choices. Were you primarily concerned with what was right in God’s sight, or with what was easiest, most comfortable, most accepted, or most beneficial to you? Why?) 2. Where might you be quietly substituting your way for...

Life Group Questions  1. Whose eyes matter most in your everyday decisions? (Think about a recent decision involving your family, work, finances, relationships, time, or personal choices. Were you primarily concerned with what was right in God’s sight, or with what was easiest, most comfortable, most accepted, or most beneficial to you? Why?) 2. Where might you be quietly substituting your way for...