Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Have you ever wanted something so badly you tried to barter with God for it? What did you try to offer him? Read James 5:13-14 2.) Has there been a time when you prayed and it didn’t seem like God heard you? Did that change something

Brand New (Andy Stanley) Decisions (Eric mason) Unstuck (Francis Chan) Amazing Grace (Francis Chan) Resolution (Andy Stanley) Crazy Love (Francis Chan) Psalm 23 (Louie Giglio) Philippians: To love is Christ, To die is Gain (Matt Chandler)

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Share with the group a time when someone had important last-minute instructions or things to tell you. Read James 5:7-12 2.) As we near the end of James’ letter, James is taking the time to make sure that he’s including all the last-minute encouragements and lessons.

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Can you think of a time when something happened in your life that has altered your reality? When something happened, good or bad, that changed your plans for the future? Read James 4:13-17 2.) James is clear when he says that our lives are like fog,

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Have you ever felt like you were in a football game and you were having trouble moving the football down the field? Did you feel like you exerted a lot of effort to move one yard forward only to find after the next play that you

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Have you ever had the opportunity to be the smartest person in the room? Read James 3:13-18 There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. 2.) What knowledge do you possess? Where and by what means did you acquire that knowledge? How is knowledge measured? Does

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Have you ever had someone tear a strip off you, behave rudely, or act disrespectfully towards you? How did you react to that? Read James 3:1-12 2.) Do you hold leaders, supervisors, or teachers in your life to a higher standard in what they say? Do

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Share with the group a time when you functioned totally on autopilot.   Read James 2:14-15   2.) In James’ illustration, there are two kinds of faith, faith with actions and faith without actions, and the faith without actions doesn’t do any good to either person

Sermon Discussion Guide Have you ever made a decision that shaped your life? Have you ever made a decision you came to regret in some way? Read James 2:1-13 Has there been a time when you played favorites or discriminated against someone? Have you observed discrimination recently?  When we look

Sermon Discussion Guide 1.) Have you ever faced a challenge, in that moment you spoke what was on your mind, and by doing that you made the situation worse instead of better?   Read James 1:19-27   2.) If you want to become the person you were created to be,

Sermon Discussion Guide Have you ever been faced with a challenge and you didn’t know what to do? Did your actions create the challenge or was the challenge created by situations around you? Read James 1:2-4 What is your approach to challenges? What do you think about James’s encouragement to

Sermon Discussion Time What did you want to be when you grew up?   Was there someone who inspired you and you wanted to be like them? What about them inspired you?   In the sermon this week Kirk discussed the difference between knowing and believing. How would you describe