Small group questions.
Use these with your small group or on your own this week.
Connection
- What do you remember most from last week’s sermon?
- How did you hear God’s voice or sense His presence this past week?
- What are you most excited for this summer?
Reflection
- Summarize this week’s sermon in one to three sentences. What was the main point of the message?
- What did the message say about you, God’s people or the world?
Application
- Elijah showed up with no credentials, no committee, no resume, just obedience. Think about a time God called you to do something without giving you the “right” credentials or the full plan. What made it hard to step out? What made you move anyway?
- Ryan said, “Obedience to God doesn’t always lead to abundance, security, and safety. Sometimes it leads you to a very difficult position.” Where are you right now, in a season of abundance, or a season of scarcity? Does it feel like obedience led you there, or something else? How are you making sense of it?
Additional reading: James 1:2-4 - The brook dried up, even though God had been faithfully providing from it. Is there something in your life that used to feel like God’s provision that’s now drying up? What’s your honest reaction to that. Fear, confusion, anger, trust? What do you think God might be doing?
Additional reading: Psalm 46:1-3 - Ryan asked directly: Are you praying daily, in the Word daily, in real community? Not to guilt-trip, but to diagnose. On a gut-honest level, where are those three things in your life right now? Which one is the weakest link? What’s one small step you could take this week to strengthen it?
Additional reading: Colossians 3:16 - Moses had 40 years in the desert. David waited years before the throne. Paul spent time in Arabia. Elijah sat alone by a brook for months. What do you think God is doing in you during a hidden or limited season, or what did He do in you during a past one that you can now see clearly? What’s hardest about trusting Him when no one else is watching?
