OPENING QUESTIONS:

1. What are you thankful for from this past week?
2. What is a stress or challenge from this past week?
3. Does anyone know of a need in our group or community that we can meet?
4. What was your I will from last week, and were you able to accomplish it?

IN THE WORD:

1. Read the chapter in a couple of different versions.
2. Retell the passage in your own words.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. What does the scripture tell me about God, Jesus, or His plan?
2. What does the scripture tell me about people, or more specifically, me?
3. If this is really God's Word, what change will I make in my life?
4. Who will I share this scripture with this week?

MAKING IT PERSONAL:

I WILL spend time every day in God’s word so I’ll be fully devoted to God even in the furnace.