Holy Man Podcast - Episode 33

02/23/23 • 27 min

Life Group Questions – Noah the Faithful

If we asked your family, what is something(anything) that they would tell us that you do faithfully?
Read Genesis 6:9-13. Put yourself in Noah’s place. What does it feel like to faithfully follow God even though everyone around you is heading in the opposite direction?
Noah was asked to build the ark even though the world had not seen a flood at that point. How do you think his family was feeling about this journey? Explain
What is something God encourages us to live out that is hard to do? What would happen if we did it? What if we didn’t?
Read 1 Peter 4:1-5; 12-19. What hope does Peter share for those suffering for their faith?
Who here has faced suffering of some level, of some kind for being a Christian? What did that look like for you? What good came out of that situation?

Life Group Questions – Noah the Faithful

If we asked your family, what is something(anything) that they would tell us that you do faithfully?
Read Genesis 6:9-13. Put yourself in Noah’s place. What does it feel like to faithfully follow God even though everyone around you is heading in the opposite direction?
Noah was asked to build the ark even though the world had not seen a flood at that point. How do you think his family was feeling about this journey? Explain
What is something God encourages us to live out that is hard to do? What would happen if we did it? What if we didn’t?
Read 1 Peter 4:1-5; 12-19. What hope does Peter share for those suffering for their faith?
Who here has faced suffering of some level, of some kind for being a Christian? What did that look like for you? What good came out of that situation?

Life Group Questions: Abel the Worshipper

Name a person, or an activity, or a thing, that if they/it all of a sudden disappeared from the earth, your life would be drastically affected. Why?
Tell about one of the greatest moments of worship you experienced. What made it great?
Read Genesis 4:1-12. What possible daily thoughts and habits in Abel’s life as a shepherd led him to the amazing time of worship? What about Cain’s life, the gardener/farmer?
Read Mark 12:28-34. In verse 33, what does this man know that Cain didn’t?
In the Mark text, Jesus says we are to “Love God with all our heart, soul, mind, strength.” In you normal day/week, how could or does this play out? (Possibly break it down through those 4 words) How is it an act of worship?
IF loving God and loving others is an act of worship in each moment of the day, how worshipful is your average week? Are you showing up on Sunday mornings after a good week of worship?

Life Group Questions – Gideon the fearful questioner

Tell a story of a time when you were asked to do something which you felt super underqualified to do. How did it go?
Gideon’s story is eventually one of being a mighty warrior and leader of the Israelites. But he first needed some steps of faith. Read each of these parts of the story to see the steps of faith. How does God help assure Gideon that HE can be trusted with each step?

What are some of God’s attributes that shine through in this story? In what ways can those attributes encourage your faith journey?
What is a step of faith that you know you should take, but are needing some encouragement from God? What is a way God could encourage you?
Bonus material: Skim the first part of Hebrews 11. Read 11:32-40. How could these people’s faith stories encourage us in ours? Now read Hebrews 12:1-3. What is encouraging in this passage?