Thursday, September 24th 7 pm, IR Community Center
Life Group leaders, members and Rooted grads looking for a Life Group are invited to join us as we kick off our fall session with a night of connection, vision and community. Dave Runyon, co-author of The Art of Neighboring, will be with us to continue our conversation about how to love and serve our neighbors with the love of Christ. To register, click here.
Lean In // 5 Minutes
What makes you happy?
Sample answers may include…
- Family
- A great meal
- Being with friends
- A day to myself
- My car collection
- My house
- The way people view me
- Chocolate
- Netflix
- Promotions
Leader Note: Ask a follow up question here, “Do those things always make you happy.” Lead your group to see that in reality even the things or the people that make us most happy can also bring us pain and sorrow! Our families will go sideways, our homes eventually get old and relationships hit speed bumps. Transition you group to the next section by saying something like… “Let’s look at what this passage has to say about happiness and the journey to joy.”
Look Down // 10 minutes
Read Romans 5:1-5
What are the reasons we have to be joyful?
Sample answers may include…
- We have been made right, justified with God
- It starts with what God has done, we receive it by faith
- Being made right with God brings us peace
- We stand in God’s grace, we have access to God
- We have an everlasting hope
- Even suffering isn’t wasted, it can be used to bring hope and joy
- Our hope is not unfounded, it won’t run out or let us down
- God’s love is active, given to us through the person of the Holy Spirit
Look Out // 10 minutes
Where does the world find joy? Is it sustainable?
What does it look like to have Romans 5 joy? Where have you seen it?
Leader Note: What the world calls joy or happiness stands at a contrast to what real God-filled joy looks like! Encourage your group to share stories of where they’ve seen this type of joy in others. What did it look like? How did effect others?
Look In // 20 minutes
When have you experienced this true joy?
Where do you need this joy today?
Live It Out // 5 minutes
How might embracing this joy impact your community, your family?
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Learn More About Flow Questions: Check out Kenton Beshore’s book Ask in the Irvine Campus Bookstore for more on the Flow Question model.