GCF Hays

Mustard Seed

1.  What started small for you and has blossomed into something significant?   2.  Where in your life could you use a mustard seed of Faith?   3.  What can you scale back to allow room for God to grow this Faith inside of you?    4.  What are you holding on to or attempting to control that you need to surrender?   5.  What can you do to be in more constant conversation and relationship with God on a daily basis?

The Wheat & The Tares

Life Group Questions   1.  In Matthew 13, Jesus mentions seeds in both of the first two parables. What did the seed represent in parable #1 and what did it represent in parable #2? What is the significance of this for us?   2.  What is a tare? How can a Christian resemble a tare if they are not careful?   3.  Many people assume that the harvest time in this parable is at the end of the world. Why does this not make sense biblically? Bonus question: When is the harvest time?   4.  Rea...

Introduction

Life Group Questions   1.  Pastor Ryan described the doctrine of defeat (dispensationalism) which didn’t exist prior to the 1850’s. Because of the Scofield Reference Bible and other influences, the American church adopted a defeatist mentality. What do you believe about the future?   2.  What is the difference between a sub-culture and a counter-culture? What is the church called to be?   3.  The Jews in biblical times thought in two time periods. The age of the law and the prophets an...

Bring

Life Group Questions   1. Who brought you to church? Share your testimony.   2. Our “Find, Tell, Bring” series has inspired us to invite people to church for Easter and beyond. Have you thought about who you would like to invite yet? If so, have you already extended the invitation? If so, how did it go? If not, what’s holding you back?   3. Pastor Rob said to “keep it simple” when inviting others; to share simple truths from scriptures and how they changed your life. What simple truth ...

Tell

Life Group Questions 1.       According to 1 Corinthians 1:29-30, saving people is not your job. Instead, it’s God job. Does this truth relieve some pressure? Why? 2.       If you haven’t already done so, make a list of unchurched people that you know. Tell us about the main person on that list that the Holy Spirit is highlighting for you to focus on. 3.       Kasey suggested that we should create curiosity in how we live our life and to love people until they ask you why. What do you thi...

Find

I've Got Your Six

Life Group Questions   1.  Let’s talk about a time when a friend showed up for you in a time of need. How did it make you feel? Did it make the situation better or worse?   2.  Job’s friends began as well-intentioned comforters but turned into miserable ones. Have you ever been a miserable comforter? Share from your experience and what you learned.   3.  Pastor Rob shared a powerful story about a difficult conversation with his brother while his mother was hospitalized with Covid. He e...

Blessing Follows Obedience

Life Group Questions   1.  Read Genesis 26:2-5. Why did God carry forward the blessing of Abraham to his son, Isaac?   2.  God chose to make a covenant with Abraham because He knew He could trust him. God has kingdom-building plans for your life. Can He trust you?   3.  Read Matthew 6:33. This is a conditional promise from God. What is the promise? What is the condition? Do you want this promise for your life? If so, what do you need to change moving forward?   4.  Pastor Ryan shared...

Hopeless

Life Group Questions: 1. What did you learn from this teaching, and how will it impact you moving forward? 2. Do you feel hopeless in any areas of your life, such as your marriage, finances, children, career, or health? If yes, please share. If not, share some victories. 3. During the teaching, Pastor Rob shared three wrong sources of trust: ourselves, other people, and money. Which one resonated with you the most as an area for improvement, and why? 4. Jesus offers hope to those who fee...

Defeated

Life Group Questions 1.    What was your main takeaway from this week’s teaching?   2.    Pastor Ryan described three components of the year of jubilee. a.    Rest from Labor (Soul Rest): Taking a sabbath & reflecting on what matters most. b.    Restoration from what was lost (All debit forgiven & original inheritance restored) c.    Release from slavery (Born-again believers are set free from slavery to sin) Which of these spoke to you the most, and how will this change how you ...

Are You Ready For More?

Captive

Life Group Questions   1.  What has God called you to do?   2.  Read Isaiah 61:1. Jesus came to proclaim freedom for the captives. The Greek word translated to “freedom” or “liberty” means “free run.” Is that how you would describe your life? “Free run,” with no limitations and nothing holding you back from your God-given destiny?   3.  Do you currently feel like you are held captive to something or someone? Remember that this can be mental, emotional, physical, and/or spiritual capti...

Broken

Life Group Questions   1.  What was your main takeaway from this week’s teaching on brokenness?   2.  Pastor Rob talked about some causes of a broken heart: ·     Abuse (Verbal / Physical / Sexual) ·     Loss ·     Neglected / Rejected ·     Failure ·     Betrayal   Which of these have you experienced victory over and how can you use that testimony to bring someone else closer to Jesus?   3.  One of the most common coping mechanisms is denial. You see this with people who might ...

Empty

Life Group Questions   1.  What is “The year of the Lord’s favor?”   2.  Pastor Ryan said, “So many Christians only experience half of their life in God.” They focus only on receiving from God and miss opportunities every day to minister to others. Described the last time you ministered to someone.   3.  Read Col. 1:27. People all around us have been devastated by circumstances in life. Their only hope is the local church (Christ in you, the hope of glory). How has your perspective cha...

Secrets

Run For Your Life

It's A Wonderful Life

Final-Word Principle

Life Group Questions 1. What was the main thing you pulled from this relationship principle? 2. Share a time when you did not believe the best about someone and how it affected your relationship with that person.  3. Pastor Rob talked about relationships being our church's thing. Do you remember when you first walked in grace? Share how you felt and how you are mirroring that for others in our church.  4. Out of the five relationship principles, Faithfulness Principle, Four-day Principle...

First-Word Principle

Life Group Questions   1.  In your own words, what is the First-Word Principle? How does it help maintain and grow relationships?   2.  Read Matthew 18:15. This verse provides five key points about resolving personal conflicts. What are they? Please discuss. 3.  Do you recall a situation in your life where you were seemingly the last person to know about someone having a problem with you? If you can, please talk about that. How did it affect those relationships?   4.  In Matthew 18:7,...

Friendship Principle

Life Group Questions 1.   What are some of your biggest personal takeaways from the relationship principles series so far?   2.  Why is it important for our church to remain in unity? Bonus question: What are the key bible verses for this series?   3.  In week one, Pastor Ryan taught the faithfulness principle. What is the faithfulness principle and how does will this challenge you moving forward?   4.  In week two, Kasey taught the four-day principle. What is the four-day principle a...

Four-Day Principle

Faithfulness Principle

We Have Lost Cabin Pressure

1. What spoke to you the most in this message? 2. Being planted in church, going to church, reading your bible, praying, and worshiping are things Pastor Rob mentioned to help secure your mask and allow you to breathe in God's spiritual air. Which one of these do you need to work on? Explain.  3. Being an example for others to follow doesn’t have to be a scary thing. We are not perfect and that’s okay. Which method of setting the example needs the most work, and how can we, as a church fam...

Increasing Your Hearing

Life Group Questions   1.  If I want to increase my ability to hear God’s voice, I must learn to cherish the word of God. What does cherish mean to you in this context? Do you cherish God’s word? Why or why not?   2.  Three ways that the word of God supercharges our ability to hear God’s voice are: ·     It tunes your spirit ·     It establishes you in foundational truths ·     It defeats the devil   Which of these impacted you the most and why?   3.  Tell a story about the last t...

Blockages To Hearing

Life Group Questions   1.  Pastor Ryan compared hearing God’s voice to fine-tuning a transistor radio. What was your biggest takeaway from this illustration?   2.  Hebrews 10:19-20 says, “…we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh…”   What does this mean and why is this REALLY good news for all born-again believers? 3.  When we come to God in doubt, we receive nothi...

Testing What You Hear

Life Group Questions:   1. Share an example from your life of when you tested what you heard from God.   2. The first test Kasey shared was to filter out the impurities. Through sorrow, loss, sickness, pain, offenses, doubt, discouragement, temptation, & personal desire we filter God’s voice through our tainted human perspective. Does this ring true for you? Have you experienced this before? Explain.   3. The Bible test: a. What conclusions can be drawn when you know that the Bible co...

Recording What's Said

Life Group Questions 1.   Do you Journal? If so, why? If not, what’s holding you back?  2.   Pastor Rob mentioned 4 benefits of journaling: ·      It separates the hearing & the testing ·      It occupies your mind ·      It serves as a reminder ·      It keeps the message pure Which one(s) do you relate to the most and why? 3.   God’s words are always perfect. Our interpretations of what He says are imperfect. What methods can we utilize to make sure we are hearing God accurately? ...

Dreams & Visions

Life Group Questions 1.     Has God ever spoken to you through a dream or a vision? Tell the story. How did you know it was Him?   2.     Pastor Ryan said, “We need to hunger for & earnestly desire to hear God’s voice.” On a scale from 1-10, how hungry are you to hear God’s voice?   3.     In Acts 16:9-10, God calls an audible in the middle of Paul & Luke’s missionary journey through a vision given to Paul during the night. This led to them changing their plans and heading to Macedonia....

Getting Still

Life Group Questions 1. We know that God is always with us and wants to help us in our time of need, but many Christians live life like functional atheists; running around as if God doesn’t exist. Why do you think that is? 2. Read Psalm 46:10. Is this easy or difficult for you and why? 3. Omarr shared three steps for getting still: - Remove all outer distractions - Deal with your physical body - Quiet your inner self Which one do you need to work on the most and why? 4. You make time...

The Sound Of His Voice

Life Group Questions 1.    On a scale of 0 to 10 (lowest to highest), how would you rate your ability to recognize the voice of God before this teaching? (0 means that you never recognize His voice; 10 means that you almost always are certain about recognizing His voice.) 2.    The big idea of this teaching is that God’s voice sounds like a spontaneous, intersecting thought. a.    Discuss what this means to you. b.    How does this contrast with your thoughts? c.    In your ...

Hearing God Should Be Normal

Life Group Questions:   1.  From Genesis to Revelation, we read numerous accounts of God speaking to people. Why do you think Christians today don’t experience back and forth conversations with God?   2.  Have you heard God’s voice before? If so, tell the story and explain how you knew it was Him.   3.  Jesus says that His disciples should know, hear, and obey His voice. How does this challenge you in your relationship w/ Jesus?   4.  What (if anything) is holding you back from belie...

It's A Get To Not A Got To

Life Group Questions 1.  "It's a get to not a got to." What does that phrase mean to you?   2.  Every person is presented with numerous opportunities daily to choose how they will respond. Do you generally respond with a “get to” attitude or “got to” attitude?   3.  Pastor Ryan shared the four reasons why life turns into a “got to.”        -      Doing the right things for the wrong reasons -      Being a do it all (saying yes to everything or doing everything yourself) -      Not t...

Cry Out To God And Serve Him

Choose Today Who You Will Serve

Love Your Family

Communication

Chapter 7

Chapter 6

Fear Of Man

A Peace That Makes No Sense

Chapter 5

Chapter 4

Chapter 3

Chapter 2

Intro & Chapter 1

Uncomfortable

Mind Games

Jesus Endured Our Rejection So We Might Have His Acceptance

Life Group Questions   Key Verse: Isaiah 53:3 – “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.”   1.    What would you say is your main takeaway from this message?   2.    What forms of rejection have you personally experienced, and how have those experiences played out to-date in your life?    3.    Of the three wonderful gifts we’ve been given as a result of this exchange at the Cross (Acceptance, Access, and Adoption), which one speaks to you ...

Jesus Was Made A Curse So We Might Receive The Blessing

Life Group Questions   1.    Read Galatians 3:13-14 and Genesis 24:1. Christ became a curse for us so we might receive the blessing of Abraham, and the Lord blessed Abraham in every way. Do you believe that blessing is for you? Why or why not?   2.    Pastor Rob described some common curses that we see today. Idolatry, false religion, wrong attitude towards parents, training your child, injustice to the weak and fatherless, your words towards people, and your words towards yourself. Whic...

Our Old Man Died In Jesus So The New Man May Live In Us

Life Group Questions 1.  Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior?   2.  Read Romans 6:6-7. Every Christian’s “old self” was crucified with Christ and they were set free from sin. Do you define yourself as a “sinner” or a “saint” who chooses to sin from time to time? Why does this matter?   3.  How do you “put the old man off?”   4.  Read Romans 13:14 NASB. What does it mean to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh?”