Big Plans--Lesson 2--Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

Discussion Questions:

1. What are the advantages to having a God who is omniscient, omnipresent, and

omnipotent? What are the disadvantages of this?

2. Why is it unsafe to get close to God? Why then, does He call us to get close to Him?

3. How would you explain to someone that God has a plan for your life, that your days are

foreordained, and yet you also have free will?

4. When looking at the message of Psalm 22 in contrast to the closeness portrayed in Psalm

139, what makes this such a beautiful message? Why is it important that this is part of the

days foreordained by God?

5. How does the blessing of God help with the balance between God’s sovereign will and our

free will? What does the blessing of God mean to you?

Big Plans--Lesson 1--A Plan Before a World

Discussion Questions:

1. How have you seen God be inconsistent in the way He deals with people? Does this

undermine or bolster the idea that He has a plan for everything? How so?

2. How do difficult circumstances provide a litmus test of what we believe about God having

a plan for our life?

3. Have you ever wished that God left a breadcrumb trail or provided a pillar of cloud/fire for

you to follow through your life? What kind of trail or guide do you see in the Scriptures?

4. What kind of connections do you see between what God did to rescue Israel from Egypt

and then leading them through the wilderness with what Paul talks about in Ephesians 1:1-

14? What do these comparisons say to you?

5. How does Paul demonstrate that God is over the past, present, and future? How does this

provide security for you as He works in your life?

Why Be Anxious--Stand Alone Sermon

Discussion Questions:

1. What kinds of things cause you to feel stress and anxiety? How much of the stress and

anxiety you feel is from external sources, and how much is internal?

2. Describe what it means that God is “the God of peace”? How does He demonstrate this to

You?

3. What difficulty do you have praying with a spirit of thankfulness, especially when the

circumstances are difficult or hurtful? How does a spirit of thankfulness overcome anxiety?

4. How have you seen expectations influence the way you experience things? How does a

better knowledge of God and His promises positively enhance your expectations, even

when facing trial or loss?

5. How does Jesus’ portrayal of Himself as a chicken offer encouragement to you? What

does this portrayal tell you about His confidence concerning what is in His account with

God? Do you have this confidence in your account?