November 25, 2022
Important Info:
Second Adventure Club Is Launching in January! - I know you have been praying for a solution to our capacity issues. God has answered those prayers! Thanks to the generosity of Compass Charter school, we are officially able to launch a second Adventure Club meeting - Tuesday nights, 6:30-8:30pm, starting January 10th. We will have Life Groups meeting at Compass Charter in conjunction with this Adventure Club. As with our Thursday night Adventure Club, we will need a large team of volunteers to make this excellent. If your Life Group does not meet on Tuesdays, please encourage your members to consider serving at the Tuesday night Adventure Club. They can fill out this form to serve with Adventure Club.
Life Groups Are Open For New Families - Since we have a solution for our capacity needs, Life Groups are now open for business! If you are a Life Group with families of young children, expect to have new faces joining you soon! Since there are only three Thursday night meetings left, these meetings might provide the perfect opportunity for these new families to meet your group before the Christmas break. Even though the 2nd Adventure Club doesn’t launch until January, we will be placing people starting this coming week. Have them register for Adventure Club here.
Encourage Your Group To Answer Questions Before Life Group - Life Group Leaders, this week’s application questions present an opportunity to encourage your group to come prepared for the discussion by studying the questions beforehand. Of course, we always want to promote this, but this week’s questions might be harder to discuss if there’s no work put into them before showing up (see below).
Application Questions:
God’s Patience Has a Purpose
2 Peter 3:9
Read Psalm 13. Do you ever find yourself complaining about God's timing? Why is that offensive to God? What might cause you to trust God more with His perfect timing?
Read Psalm 139:7–10 and Psalm 11:5. Why is it so important that we understand that God sees all sin and hates all sin? How can this truth grow your view of God's patience (long-suffering) and mercy?
Read 1 Peter 4:10. On your own, look up 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, Ephesians 4:12–16, 1 Peter 2:9, and Hebrews 10:25. Do an audit of your “gospel-busyness” and write down some ways that you would like to grow in this way. Share your findings with the group. What will you need to sacrifice to be more “gospel-busy?”
How often do you give praise to God for saving you? What is your plan to increase this habit? Why is it so important to regularly praise God for your salvation?
Does the level of your gratefulness match God's graciousness in saving you? How can you continue to grow a grateful attitude toward God while not growing bitter toward an offensive world?
