I've Got a Peaceful, Easy Feeling--Lesson 4--I See Jesus in You--Philippians 2:19-30

Discussion Questions:

1.  Respond to the statement, “A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms.”  How are you using your talents, passions, gifts, and resources to serve Christ and others?

2.  What is the difference between genuine concern for others and worry or anxiety for them?  How do you have concern without crossing into anxiety or worry?

3.  How does your walk with Christ call you to be a brother, a fellow worker, and a fellow soldier to others who walk with Christ?  Which of these roles do you find easier or more difficult to do?

4.  How does Paul use Jesus, Timothy, Epaphroditus, the Philippians, and himself to demonstrate how community can work, even with people 700 miles apart?  What can we learn from this to help us build a stronger community as a church family, and to have a greater presence in the communities of Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland Village, etc.?

5.  Why does God so often use the younger and weaker to accomplish His will?  Why were Timothy and Epaphroditus men to be held in high regard even with their sicknesses and weakness?

I've Got a Peaceful, Easy Feeling--Lesson 3--Imitate This!--Philippians 2:1-18

Discussion Questions:

1. How important is community in your walk with God? What did you learn about building

      community from what Paul writes in Philippians 2:1-18?

2. What lessons do we learn about friction from Jesus’ example? In what ways do you

      struggle with moving along with people you disagree with? What could change that?

3. Why is it important that Jesus’ sacrifice to the lowest of low points is followed up by super

      exalting by God? Does this apply to our situations of being brought low? Why or why not?

4. What struggle have you had with grumbling? What causes grumbling? How does

      grumbling add friction between us and other people as well as between us and God?

5. Make a list (mentally or physically) of 10 people you know well. Are they generally happy

      or unhappy? Are they generally selfish or unselfish? How do these two things correlate?

I've Got a Peaceful, Easy Feeling--Lesson 2--Ready to Go; Willing to Stay--Philippians 1:19-30

Discussion Questions:

1. How would you describe your purpose for life and/or the mission of your life? How does

knowing and living out your purpose increase your joy?

2. What does it mean to exalt Christ in your life? What kinds of things are present in your life

that help people see Jesus in bigger and more brilliant ways?

3. Why is “to live is Christ” the only way that makes death gain? What struggles have you had

with making other things your life?

4. How is “to live is Christ” at odds with our culture’s view of retirement? What ways could

retirement be used to magnify Christ?

5. Why would Paul knowingly choose a path that will bring him suffering and agony? Why is it

so difficult to choose this path in our culture? What does “living as a citizen worthy of the

Gospel” look like?