The Grove Church

Psalm 42 What is a soul? How is it different than heart or mind? Do you believe that God wants to connect with you? If not, why not? What are some of the things our soul chases other than God? What steps can you take to pursue God?

1.  How does it make you feel to read this very intimate confession of love? 2.  The psalmist speaks of making his/her home in the house of God.  What other house is most inviting your presence? 3.  What would having a heart set on “pilgrimage” look like?  What would have to change? 4.  When passing through the valley of Baca in 2024….do you believe that it is possible to see it become a lush gard...

How have you experienced the generosity of God? What are some of your soil issues from your past? What thorn issues do you feel susceptible to? How can we battle both?

What does it mean that Jesus is the Word? What comfort can we take from knowing that he is the eternal God? What does the word incarnation mean? What does it mean to us that Jesus came to earth as a baby? How does Jesus continue to show the ministry from the incarnation?

1) Why is it important for us to understand that Jesus is a deliverer?  2) What hard moments have you faced in life that caused to you to rely on Jesus? What did you learn about Jesus in that experience?  3) Despite all the dark things happening in the world there is hope in knowing that Jesus is rescuing humanity. How does the hope of Jesus allow us to persevere even when the world seems dark?  4...

1.  How do you feel when something in the Bible is hard to understand?   2.  What description of Heaven's throne room from the message is most amazing to you? 3.  Each person is humbled after they see this....why do you think that is and is there some humility we lack at Christmas/why? 4.  What version of Jesus are you most tempted to focus on....the baby, the man, creator God?  Why is it importan...

We are talking about what Jesus did before he was born. The son of God is fully God and has always existed. This series is discussing what he was up to.  Have you ever given any thought to Jesus life as a child? A baby? Before he was born? We often think of the Father creating? What is the significance in learning that Jesus was the one who created the universe? What does it mean that he is “the f...

What are the benefits to giving personally? What are the benefits for the people and organizations you give to? What are the benefits to the people those groups minister  to? How do those benefits to others come back to you?

What characterizes generous giving? What is the difference between cheerful and reluctant giving? In what ways does God bless a generous giver? Why  For what purposes does God bless generosity?

What was the difference between Cain’s and Abel’s offerings? What is the significance of the words “fat portions” and “firstborn?” What is the significance that this story took place before the giving of the Law? What does God mean when says that they were robbing him? Why does that seem like strong wording to us? What were the consequences of their disobedience? What were the promises given if th...

What obstacles was Paul facing at the end of his life? How are they similar to what we face? How can we stay focused on what God has called us to in the face of these obstacles? What are the priorities God has called us to? Why is it so hard to stay focused? What are the distractions? What reward awaited Paul? What awaits us?

1.  What was the driving motive for Paul in all of this? 2.  What was the driving motive for those who opposed him? 3.  How does the promise from 2 Tim 3 "all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" make you feel? 4.  What do you see in the perspective of Paul and these believers that causes them to embrace the hardships?

1.  What would you say is a "Passion" of yours and why? 2.  Why do you think Paul took this gospel thing so seriously? 3.  What would change in your life if you looked at things from more of a heavenly perspective? 4.  Do you feel like you have experiential knowledge of transformation? 5.  What is the most valuable thing you have....what makes it valuable and how does that speak to the value you g...

What does Paul do “at once?” What does this sudden shift tell us about Paul? The gospel? How do the Jewish people who aren’t Christians respond to Paul? How do the Christians respond? Why do we expect obedience to God to coincide with with life being easy? How does Barnabas treat Paul? How do we treat people with a questionable past? How can we be more like Barnabas?

What was Paul like before he encountered Jesus? In what ways was he different from what we consider “sinners?” How is he the same? What is the significance of Jesus revealing himself to Paul with bright light? What is the significance of light causing Paul to go blind? What is Paul’s new mission? How is that mission unique to Paul? What about his mission is universal to all of us?

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." As it is, you boast in your arrogant sche...

Esther 4:12-14 God has you here for “such a time as this” Acts 8:26-29 Listen to and follow the Holy Spirit Why was Esther in the position she was in? How did God use those circumstances? How did Mordecai help her see that? How did Philip end up with the Ethiopian? What was the result? Do you believe God wants to use you in similar ways? How have you seen that play out in the past?

1.  What are examples of some "secrets" that life has taught you? 2.  In what way has knowledge of these "secrets" impacted your life? 3.  What is a "hindsight 20/20" event in your story...what would you do differently? 4.  What is the moment in your story that most limits your confidence in helping others? 5.  What would it look like to see this (Q4) as a stage instead of a stumbling block?

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 God has gifted every believer with a spiritual gift What is a spiritual gift? How can we know that we have them? What is their purpose? Why do some people struggle to believe they have them? What are some ways you’ve seen God use you?

Psalm 139:13-14 You are a unique and wonderful creation of God Ephesians 2:8-10 What do the words fearfully and wonderfully mean? What does that mean about you if you are fearfully and wonderfully made? What do you think about personality tests? Why? How is knowing yourself better helpful in your personal and spiritual life? What does it mean that you are created for good works? Do you believe tha...

Matthew 28:16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,...

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"  And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shal...