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Notes
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Life Group Material
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Life Group Word Material
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These are sample discussion questions / topics. Your life group leaders may choose to adjust these questions, substitute new ones, or spend the Word section of the meeting in a different way altogether.
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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1 Timothy 4:11-13
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Command and teach these things. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.
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Colossians 3:8-10
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But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
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James 5:16
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Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
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1 Timothy 4:11-13; Colossians 3:8-10; James 5:16
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Discussion Material
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Is your speech characterized by words of anger, rage, malice, filthy language and/or lies or deceit?
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Do you struggle with being honest and open?
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Spend some time sharing and praying for one another in these areas.
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Luke 6:45
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The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
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Discussion Material
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Are you feeding your heart by meditating on the word of God?
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Discuss how meditating on the Word has or can transform your thoughts, actions and character.
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James 5:12
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Above all, my brothers, do not swear — not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, or you will be condemned.
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Discussion Material
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Discuss your process of determining what to say yes to and what to say no to in your life.
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Do you feel the need to make changes?
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What are the challenges or obstacles?
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Life Group Witnessing Activities
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Spend time praying together for God to make you open to the changes he wants to make in your life.
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