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Who We Are - Our Values: On Everyday Mission | Matthew 9:35-38

Discussion Questions

  • How would you explain the mission of the church in the world?

  • What does or could it look like for you to live out our value of everyday mission?

  • Pastor Reece talked about the importance of making space in our lives to engage those who don’t know the Lord. What makes this challenging?

  • Pastor Reece introduced an initiative for the Fall called Every Table. Do you have someone in mind you’d like to invite to share a meal with you?

Prayer Points

  • Ask the Lord to help you see those he brings into your path to minister to.

  • Ask the Lord to give our church the courage to participate in this season of hospitality.

Who We Are - Our Values: Grounded in Scripture | James 1:17-25

Discussion Questions

  • What do you think it means to live life Grounded in Scripture?

  • What practices or habits in your life have helped you root your life in God’s word most?

  • What do you do when you encounter a part of God’s word that rubs you the wrong way or feels hard to obey?

  • What does it mean to read all of scripture in light of the gospel?

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would make is into a people who are quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to be become angry before God’s word

  • Pray that God would show us where we have rejected his word in our lives

Who We Are - Our Mission | Matthew 28:16-20

Discussion Questions

  1. Why do you think it’s important for our church to be clear on our mission as a community?

  2. When you hear Jesus’ command to “make disciples”, what are the first thoughts that pop into your head?

  3. What do you think it looks like to do evangelism in our place and time? What makes the work of evangelism uniquely challenging today?

  4. Pastor Reece made the point that many churches choose to focus on either evangelism or formation, but rarely both. Have you seen this to be true? If so, why do you think it’s hard to keep both as a priority?

  5. What role do you think our community group should play in our church’s mission of raising up wholehearted followers of Jesus?

  6. How might God be calling you to engage more fully in our mission as a church this Fall?

Prayer Points

  1. Pray that God would show us as a church how to be more effective witnessing for the gospel in our time and place

  2. Ask the Lord to show you how he wants you to be a part of the mission of Sound City this FallWho We Are - Our Mission | Matthew 28:16-20

Spiritual Warfare | Ephesians 6:10-20

Discussion Questions

  • How often do you think about spiritual warfare?

  • Are you in danger of ignoring or obsessing over the reality of a dark spiritual realm? Why?

  • Jesus talks about Satan as “the father of lies”. How do you think Satan disseminates his lies into our world?

  • What are some of the lies that you’ve struggled against throughout your life?

  • How can you “turn up the volume” on God’s voice in your life this week?

  • What role do you believe prayers has in spiritual warfare?

  • If you feel comfortable, share one lie you struggle with. Then, if you desire, invite the group to share the truth that counteracts that lie

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would shine the line of the truth into the dark places of our lives where lies reign

  • Ask the Lord to protect your group from the schemes of the enemy. Pray for unity, a spirit of love and humility, and freedom from the lies of Satan

  • Pray that God would give our church strength to withstand spiritual attacks

Jesus and Your Marriage - Part 2 | Ephesians 5:21-33

Discussion Questions

  • Pastor Reece mentioned how we as a church likely don’t discuss the topic of marriage often enough in our community. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

  • If your marriage was facing a challenging season, who would you reach out to for help? If you’re single, who do you reach out to for wisdom regarding relationships of any kind?

  • What would it take for your Community Group to become a safe place to turn to with the joys and challenges of marriage or other close relationships?

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would give struggling couples the courage to step forward and ask for help

  • Pray that God would empower us as husbands and wives to live out our God given roles in our marriages

  • Ask the Lord to make us a church that is equally welcoming to both married and single individuals

Walking in Love, from Darkness to Light | Ephesians 5:1-14

Discussion Questions

  • Discuss how grace base and works base would differ in Paul’s exhortation to be imitators of God and to walk in the way of Jesus.

  • Share and an example of someone who radiated the light of Jesus in your life.

  • Do you struggle being distinctly different in your spheres of influence?

  • Share someone God has placed in your life to be a radiant exposure to?

Prayer Points

  • Pray for the Holy Spirit to help you live a life that radiates the light of Jesus to others.

  • Pray that the people of Sound City would grow to radiate the light of Jesus in our city.

Put Off, Put On | Ephesians 4:17-32

Discussion Questions

  • Why do you think it’s so challenging to change ourselves?

  • Do you think following your heart is a good way to navigate life? Why or why not?

  • The sermon talked about the importance of both putting off old behaviors and putting on new behaviors in our efforts to change. When you set out to change something in your life, do you focus on both or do you tend to focus on only one? Explain

  • What does it look like practically for you to be renewed in the spirit of your mind?

  • What habits or rhythms do you have in your life that grow your affections for Jesus?

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would help you identify the areas in your life you need to change

  • Ask God to captivate your imagination with the person of Christ more and more each day

A Blueprint for Building | Ephesians 4:1-16

Discussion Questions

  • The sermon mentioned the importance of living with each other in humility, gentleness, and patience. Which of these characteristics do you need to grow in the most with your church family?

  • How do you think God has gifted you to build up his body? Are you use that gift? How?

  • Who speaks both regular grace and truth into your life?

  • Share about a time you felt discouraged in your area of ministry? What helped you push through?

Prayer

  • Pray that God would make us more humble, gentle, and patience with each other as a church family

  • Ask the Lord to show you if there are certain gifts he’s given you that you aren’t using for the good of others.

  • Thank Jesus for how he humbled himself to lift you up

Why the Church? | Ephesians 3:1-13

Discussion Questions

  • Do you know people who have given up on the church? What were their main reasons?

  • Do you ever struggle to see the relevance of the church for our day and age?

  • What are some of the invisible walls that are dividing our culture today?

  • How have you seen the gospel bring people together that wouldn’t normally live in community?

  • What are some of the main things that get in the way of our unity within the church?

  • What things (if any) make it hard for you to commit to the church?

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would continue to unify us a as a church

  • Pray that our unity would draw in people outside the church

  • Ask the Lord to reveal anything that’s keeping your from living in unity with your church family


A New Community | Ephesians 2:11-22

Discussion Questions

  • Reflect on and describe how your adoption into God’s family and citizenship into his kingdom brings healing to your life.

  • Do you struggle to believe in a horizontal reconciliation with others? Share some of your hurdles when it comes to living life in community?

  • Within your sphere of influence, how can you individually and as a group live as citizens and not tourists?

Prayer Points

  • Pray a prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of adoption and citizenship in Jesus.

  • Ask the Holy Spirit to help you remember and share the good news of Jesus that brings vertical and horizontal reconciliation.

  • Pray for Sound City to be a body of believers who live as citizens and not tourists.

When Hearts Clash | Jonah 4:1-4

Discussion Questions

  • As we learn in Jonah 4:2, the baseline posture of God’s heart towards his children is one of grace and mercy. When’s the last time you remember experiencing his grace and mercy in a vivid way?

  • What things are you tempted to love as much or more than God? How do these rival gods influence your life?

  • Have you ever experienced a heart idol keep you from God’s call on your life to love others? Explain.

  • Who do you find it most difficult to feel mercy for rather than frustration?

  • Do you ever struggle to reconcile the love and justice of God. Explain.

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would expose any rival gods in your heart that might be keeping you from loving those around you well

  • Ask that God would give us his heart of mercy towards those we encounter in our day to day life

  • Ask the Lord to provide opportunities to be the hands and feet of Christ to those you encounter this week

How God Saves Cities | Jonah 3:1-10

Discussion Questions

  • What makes it challenging for you to believe God could use you to reach those who are far from him?

  • Share a time when God saved you out of a dark place in your life

  • In the sermon, we talked about the difference between a “come and see” model of mission and a “go and love” model. Do you think the church needs to move from the first to the latter? Explain.

  • Who are you intentionally moving towards with the love of Jesus? Is there anyone you think God is asking you to “arise, and go” to in order to share the love of Jesus?

  • How have you seen God use the hard parts of your story to minister to others?

  • What’s the right balance in sharing vs. showing the love of Jesus?

Prayer Points

  • Pray that God would give you opportunities to minister to those who don’t yet know the Lord in your everyday life

  • Ask the Lord to show you if there are parts of your story he wants to use to give hope to others

  • Pray that God would continue to grow our hearts as a church for those who are far from him

Jesus Gives Love | John 15:12-17

Prayer Points

  1. Thank God for the love that Jesus brings us! That Jesus calls us his friends and reveals the work of God to us.

  2. Ask God to open your heart to love deeply those around you. That God will fill your heart with genuine concern, kindness, and care for his people.

  3. Pray that God will empower you to join him in his work of showing that same love to others and be part of growing them in faith.

Discussion Questions

  1. When was a time that you felt loved in an especially impactful way?

  2. How has love changed your life?

  3. How does it affect you to know that Jesus loves you personally knowing you exactly as you are, “worts and all”?

  4. What would it look like in your life if you lived out the love of Jesus by loving others deeply?

  5. Are there changes you need to make or actions you need to start in regard to loving others?

Jesus Gives Joy | Hebrews 12:1-2

Discussion Questions

  1. What is the difference between happiness and joy? How does each impact your walk with God?

  2. Knowing that your salvation is not dependent on your work, how does that free you to live? What are the pitfalls of this truth?

  3. In all honesty, how do you feel knowing that Jesus reigns in all areas of our lives? In areas and times of goodness, joy, and happiness, also in times of tragedy, pain, and suffering. 

  4. How do these truths inform the way you interact with friends, family, and coworkers?

Prayer Points

  1. Pray that in all things you would give glory to God. 

  2. Pray that the Spirit would help you to grow closer to Jesus and to be more like Jesus.

Jesus Gives Peace | Philippians 4:4-7

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Discussion Questions

  1. Describe your relationship, past and/or present, with anxiety.

  2. Describe your relationship with prayer. How likely are you to bring concerns to God in prayer?

  3. What role does rejoicing and thanksgiving play in your prayer life?

  4. Can anyone give a story/testimony of living out this passage - resisting anxiety through rejoicing, prayer and thanksgiving? 

  5. How can our community grow in supporting one another in the midst of anxiety? 

  6. How can we grow as people known for gentle forbearance to all around us?

Prayer Points

  • REJOICE in God’s grace in our lives.

  • Bring all cares, concerns and fears to Him in prayer.

  • THANK God for his blessings in our lives - especially in and around things that make us anxious.

  • Pray support and encouragement for specific individuals  feeling the weight of anxiety.

Jesus Gives Hope | Colossians 1:24-29

Discussion Questions

  1. How has this passage changed the way you think about hope?

  2. Where do you see God at work in our church or your community group? How does this hope strengthen those relationships?

  3. What are some lower case “h” hopes God has brought to your attention? Are there any that have become capital “H” hopes for you?

  4. What actions should hope in Jesus create according to the passage?

Prayer Points

  1. Pray that this Advent season as a church we would have our hope centered on Jesus above all things and we would have the courage to remind each other to hope in him.

  2. Pray we would use this holiday season with family and friends to prayerfully and winsomely be able to provide a response for the hope that we have in Christ (1 Peter 3:15).

New Heavens and Earth | Isaiah 65:17-25

Discussion Questions: 

  1. Do you struggle to believe that God will forever rejoice and be glad in you?

  2. How does God’s word describing the New Heavens and New Earth compete against or complement your earthly desires? 

  3. In what areas of life do you reject the hope that God offers? 

  4. Discuss ways you can grow in Godly imagination. 

Prayer Points: 

  • Repent of the ways you seek to build your own kingdom that competes against the kingdom of God. 

  • Pray for the people of our church to be filled with the hope God provides through his promises.

  • Pray for the Holy Spirit to help and spur you in excitement to share the gospel message.