Message: Experiencing God in the Year That Was
Speaker: Greg Holder, Chris Mitchell, Joel Burke
Experiencing God
Reflect on the past year and discuss different ways that you experienced God -
- Spiritually - (prayer, Bible study, devotions)
- Family
- Work
- Health
Experiencing God - in our battles
Read - 1 Chronicles 19
- Did you depend on God in your battles? How?
- Through the battles, describe how your faith in God grew?
Read 19: 12-13
Describe a time in the past year where you felt surrounded by the enemy in your battle, how did you cope?
Experiencing God - in our prayers
- Share your favorite scripture on prayer and why it speaks to you?
- Discuss the following verses on prayer - Psalm 6:9 - Psalm 55:1 - Philippians 4:6
Experiencing God - in our daily walk
- If you have a daily quiet time, devotional time, share what that looks like. Do you have a favorite devotional book? Do you read through a book of the Bible - chapter by chapter?
- Share how your prayer life has strengthened you in the past year? Do you have a certain time you pray? Do you journal?
Experiencing God - through music/worship
- How can listening to worship music allow you to experience God in a different way than Bible Study or prayer?
Discuss some scripture verses that are your "go to" verses on the above subjects.
Looking Ahead - Discuss ways you can Experience God in a new way going forward
- Bible Study
- Groups and Classes that are offered at church
- Prayer time
- Devotional
- Worship Music