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Topic: Community

FAMILY – Our greatest love? Or deepest heartache?

Beyond our experiences, what does God say about family? Explore how we can live out our faith in both our spiritual and natural families!

Series: Which is Better?
Title: Online Church or Physical Church?
Text: Hebrews 10:24-25; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; Romans 1:11-12

Now that safe management measures are relaxing, should watching livestreams of church services and meeting online continue to be the main mode of gathering for believers?

General Questions:

  1. Reflect on your experience watching livestream services or meeting your LG online during the pandemic. What are your thoughts? How do you feel?

Perspective Questions:

  1. Hebrews 10:24-25 calls believers to be ministers. While ministering can take place both online and onsite, do you think it is more effective in person? Why or why not?
  2. As helpful as technology is, most if not all us would not want our most treasured relationships to be completely virtual. What do you think are the possibilities and limitations that technology brings to our relationships?

Application Questions:

  1. It takes time and effort to meet physically more frequently again. How can the LG take concrete steps?

Title: Love My City
Passage: 1 Cor 9:19-23

A city is known for its dense population and rich cultural diversity. This means that cities are full of opportunities to display the love of Christ to many people who come from all walks of life. How can we love the city where we are living in?

General Questions:
1) We are able to love others when we remember God’s love for us. Do you agree? What is the unmistakable evidence of God’s love for you?

Perspective Questions:

1) Are there groups of people that you struggle to love? What is it about these groups that make it difficult for you to love them?

2) “Loving from beneath” means that we love others with an attitude of wanting to serve them. Part of that means being willing to give up our rights for their sake.  What are some hindrances that stop us from loving from beneath?

3) Loving others for the sake of the Gospel requires us to be keep being amazed by the Gospel and not grow weary in sharing its message. If you could sum up what the Gospel means to you in one phrase, what would it be?

Application Questions:

1) It is challenging to share the Gospel with people who are different from us, and it requires us to spend time listening to them and getting to know them. Who are some of these people that God has called you to listen to and know?

Title: Shine With Joy As His Children
Series: We His People
Text: Phil 2:14-18
God works in us, this we believe – how does this understanding change our attitude towards how we ought to live in the world and how we respond to challenges? Learn what it means to shine for Christ with joy!
Discussion Questions:
1) We live differently from our world (v14 – v16a)
What is the difference between grumbling and being honest about our struggles? What does it reflect about a Christian who does not grumble or complain, even in difficult situations? How is such a Christian different from people of the world? In this pandemic, many of believers are also facing trying situations. What is one thing during this period that believers tend to grumble about?
2) We rejoice in the midst of challenges (v16b – v18)
Why is it that Christians can be joyful amidst difficult times? As a community of God, seeing fellow believers persevering in their faith is something we work towards and celebrate. In recent times, have we experienced such joy in our community? How can we as a people of God encourage each other to persevere in the faith during trying times? How would persevering in our faith be our testimony to the world?
Title: Unite In His Love

Series: We His People
Text: Philippians 2:1-4
1) Why do you think unity is important within the body of Christ? What do you think are the reasons and causes of disunity? What is the basis that Paul is appealing to believers to be united?
2 ) What do you think are the common goal, common purpose and common mission that believers have? How would the church and your LG look like if people are like-minded? What change could you and your LG make to work towards like-mindedness?
3) Unity in the body of Christ is possible when people choose to put others before themselves. What do you think it means to “value others above yourselves”? Why do you think some may struggle to put others’ interests before their own? How can you live out this principle in your life? What are ways that we can prioritise the interests of others?

4) How do you think believers should deal with disagreements? What does being humble and giving up our rights look like in such situations? What would motivate us to respond rightly in conflicts?

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