PERSONAL DEVOTIONS &
GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE

Week 5:

GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE

Starters (Choose One)

Describe a time you were asked to do something difficult.

  • Share about a time when you wept.

Message Reflection

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

  • What questions did the message prompt in you?

Scripture Discussion (John 11:1-6, 33-38)

  • What emotions do you see Jesus expressing in this passage?
  • What do you think Jesus meant in verse 4?
  • What else can you learn about Jesus from this passage?
  • Why do you think it is the sight of weeping that deeply moves and troubles Jesus? (verse 33)
  • Does the response in verse 37 surprise you? Why or why not?

Application

  • In what ways, if any, does Jesus’ experience of grief offer you hope?
  • Who can you share hope with this week?
  • 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 (Dissatisfaction)?

Ideas for Group Facilitators

If it fits your group meeting, you may decide to read and discuss the entire story of Lazarus in John 11:1-45.

My Notes