Invest--Lesson 1--Invested in the Church--(Shepherd Selection)

Discussion Questions:

1. Describe what investing your life into the ways of the LORD looks like in your everyday

living? Why is it important for each church member to be invested in the selection process

of more shepherds?

2. How does the fear of scarcity (not having enough) influence the way you give or hold onto

your time and resources for the LORD?

3. How important do you believe it is to add more shepherds? How does a fixed amount of

time with many needs influence this decision?

4. What problems have you seen with people, or the whole church, falling into being

lukewarm? Why is this such an effective tool for Satan?

5. What commitment are you willing to make to be invested in nominating and following up

on those who are placed before the church family as potential candidates for the work of a

shepherd?

Transformed--Lesson 12--Living a Life of Victory

Discussion Questions:

1. What makes Easter a day of Victory? How has the victory of resurrection transformed

your life?

2. What kinds of things in your life feel like battles you can’t win and loads you cannot carry

on your own?

3. How have problems and trials tried to hide the victory and security that is available to us

through the work of Jesus?

4. How is facing the things in our life that seem overpowering and relentless like making

cookies? What can you do to remember God’s presence and direction for your life better,

so you do not sit under pomegranate trees when God is calling you to climb the cliff and

face your enemies head on?

5. How does the imagery of Jesus in the book of Revelation display a transformed Jesus?

How does this portrayal of Jesus’ power, authority, and victory provide encouragement to

you?

Transformed--Lesson 11-The Way of Suffering

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do you think God uses pain and suffering to transform things in His image? What

value have you seen in going through suffering?

2. How often do you ask God to help you be more like Jesus? What qualities do you mean

when you pray a prayer like this?

3. How have you seen your tests become opportunities for testimony, and your messes

become messages of God’s love and faithfulness? What role can you play in seeing your

trials turned this way?

4. How does Paul’s example of enduring the suffering he faced in Lystra help you with the

hardships you face? Seeing how God used this to bring Timothy into His service, how

does this help you to look for the good God can be doing through your trials?

5. Do you see yourself in the crowd on Palm Sunday, misunderstanding what Jesus is up to,

or what kind of King He wants to be in your life? What helps you to keep things in proper

context?