Elemental: S2 - End of Week 2
Small Group Study Guide
INTRODUCTION
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion. Feel free to add or subtract or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.
OPEN
Have you ever been found out to be wrong about something that at one point you were so sure you were right about? Share what it was and what it felt like.
HEAD
Read Luke 24: 13-21, Job 38: 1-2 (CEV), Psalm 42: 1, 1 Corinthians 13: 12 together and share any wisdom, insights, or questions in response to the reading.
Concerning the encounter on the road to Emmaus, what do you think are the feelings behind the words in verse 21? Are you open to being wrong about some element of your current understanding of faith?
In Job, most of the book up to this point has been Job and his friends talking about their understanding of God and how he works, but now in verse 38, God speaks. Why do you think they talked so much and seemingly listened so little? What are some of the ways God speaks to us today?
In David’s prayer in Psalm 42, he talks about thirsting for God. Why might a verse like this come in a series about deconstruction and questions? How do we thirst for God today?
Corinthians was a community full of bronze mirrors. They aren’t as good as the ones we have today. They were dim. You could see, but not well. Knowing that the context of I Corinthians 13: 12 is love, what is Paul referring to that we see dimly now?
HEART
Being wrong is not an easy thing for many of us to follow, but being wrong about something that has been so elemental to our faith in the past can shake the ground beneath us. How can you and I have convictions in our beliefs, and yet still be open to what else God has to teach us, to show us? Is being wrong bad? Can it lead to something better?
James wrote that we should be “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.” What are some ways we can practice, and encourage one another, listening more in our faith journey instead of doing all the talking?
When our body thirsts for water, if we don’t meet that need it can wreck us physically. When we have questions about our faith, how do we continue to recognize that at the end of the day what we need most is God, which doesn’t always mean we get all the answers?
HANDS
The challenge for this week involves spending some time listening to God. At least two options to try just that: 1. Spend time literally listening to Scripture being read instead of just reading it. Pray before and after, asking yourself what is God seeking to show you today. 2. Pull out a journal or piece of paper and as part of your prayer time, ask God what He may want to say to you today. Then, write whatever comes to mind (this may take several tries before it begins to connect with you).
LIVING WORDS for YOUR WEEK
“Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’ I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Job 42:1-6 NLT
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion. Feel free to add or subtract or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.
OPEN
Have you ever been found out to be wrong about something that at one point you were so sure you were right about? Share what it was and what it felt like.
HEAD
Read Luke 24: 13-21, Job 38: 1-2 (CEV), Psalm 42: 1, 1 Corinthians 13: 12 together and share any wisdom, insights, or questions in response to the reading.
Concerning the encounter on the road to Emmaus, what do you think are the feelings behind the words in verse 21? Are you open to being wrong about some element of your current understanding of faith?
In Job, most of the book up to this point has been Job and his friends talking about their understanding of God and how he works, but now in verse 38, God speaks. Why do you think they talked so much and seemingly listened so little? What are some of the ways God speaks to us today?
In David’s prayer in Psalm 42, he talks about thirsting for God. Why might a verse like this come in a series about deconstruction and questions? How do we thirst for God today?
Corinthians was a community full of bronze mirrors. They aren’t as good as the ones we have today. They were dim. You could see, but not well. Knowing that the context of I Corinthians 13: 12 is love, what is Paul referring to that we see dimly now?
HEART
Being wrong is not an easy thing for many of us to follow, but being wrong about something that has been so elemental to our faith in the past can shake the ground beneath us. How can you and I have convictions in our beliefs, and yet still be open to what else God has to teach us, to show us? Is being wrong bad? Can it lead to something better?
James wrote that we should be “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.” What are some ways we can practice, and encourage one another, listening more in our faith journey instead of doing all the talking?
When our body thirsts for water, if we don’t meet that need it can wreck us physically. When we have questions about our faith, how do we continue to recognize that at the end of the day what we need most is God, which doesn’t always mean we get all the answers?
HANDS
The challenge for this week involves spending some time listening to God. At least two options to try just that: 1. Spend time literally listening to Scripture being read instead of just reading it. Pray before and after, asking yourself what is God seeking to show you today. 2. Pull out a journal or piece of paper and as part of your prayer time, ask God what He may want to say to you today. Then, write whatever comes to mind (this may take several tries before it begins to connect with you).
LIVING WORDS for YOUR WEEK
“Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’ I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Job 42:1-6 NLT
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