PERSONAL DEVOTIONS &
GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE

Week 4:

GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE

Starters (Choose One)

  • Describe a time when you were “caught”.

Share a time when you had a fresh start (of any kind).

Message Reflection

  • What stood out to you from the teaching this past weekend?

What questions did the message prompt in you?

Scripture Discussion (John 8:1-11)

  • What words or phrases in this passage seem significant or surprising to you?
  • In what ways, if any, do you identify with…
    • The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
    • The crowds
    • The woman
    • Jesus
  • What attitudes do you see in each of the above regarding “sin”?
  • Why do you think the older ones departed first? (verse 9)

Application

  • Where and how can you apply this passage?
  • How would your environments (school, team, club, work, etc.) change if people understood this message and lived it out?

Who do you know that might be interested in next week’s topic (Grief)?

Ideas for Group Facilitators

Lead a group discussion on the next steps for when the HGU series has been completed. Will you continue meeting? If so, what will you study? Who will you invite? How can you expand the shared ownership of the group in the next season?

My Notes