Step 12: Give It Away

Selected Scripture

Connect:

• Share how you have seen God in the Highs and Lows of your week.

Prayer:

Pray that God would lead your discussion time and bring fresh insight, conviction, and hope through your time together.

Review:

We are in a series looking at the 12 steps from AA through a Biblical lens as we look at the pathway of freedom in Christ and following Him whole heartedly. A phrase we are going to hear over and over is, “If you want to change your life, take it one step at a time (in other words, foundations matter!). This week we looked at the 12th step where we connect our struggles with God’s purposes beyond those struggles…

The Grand Tour of the message: Thinking back on what you heard this Sunday…

o What did you learn about God?

o What did you learn about people?

o What did you learn about yourself?

o What do you want to commit to putting into practice?

Reflection:

Personal Experience:

• Group activity: The 60 second testimony (The idea is to practice a simple, memorable testimony)

  • Give each member of your group a piece of paper and a pen

  • Give your group 3 mins to write down a VERY SIMPLE 5 bullet-point outline of their testimony

  • Ask a few to give their testimony in 60 seconds (Make it fun and sound a buzzer at “time’s up”!).

  • Discuss: How does it feel to hear/share a testimony?

• Reflective Discussion:

  • Divide into pairs and have each pair take one passage. Discuss how the following scriptures help us to get past the fear/shame/guilt that keeps us from sharing our testimony. (Rom 7:21-8:2; Ps 23; Ps 32:1-2; Rom 1:16-17; 1 John 1:6-9; 2 Tim 1:7-11)

  • Choose one of the following characters in the Bible and talk about how God turned their mess into a message: Hagar (Gen 16:7-15), David (2 Sam 12:1-26), Peter (John 21:15-19), Paul (Acts 9:10-19).

  • Read the following scriptures and discuss the difference humility makes in our relationships (Phil 2:1-8; Rom 12:9-13; John 13:12-17; Gal 5:13-16)

Application: 

Who is a person in your life right now who needs to hear about the hope found only in Jesus? Take a minute to set a reminder for yourself and share with that person this week!

Prayer:

Spend some time in prayer that God will give us a heart to share the hope we have in Him!

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