Participate in a responsive reading based on Psalm 91.
Tami Rudkin
Reader: Lord God, you are love.
Group: Love began with you and ends with you.
Reader: Thank you for showing your love for us. You sent Your only Son so that we might live. We could have never made it on own but through your sacrifice you showed us the way… the way to true life and love.
Group: Thanks for the sacrifice of your Son.
Reader: Thanks for the shedding of His blood to clear our names. ...
Leader, say something like: To be quiet is to be in a state of gentle stillness. It is in this state that your mind can relax because there is not all kinds of sensory input. Your body can then follow suit and your muscles loosen up. When you fully enter into a state of quietness, it is there that you let go of those things that are weighing you down. You can give up the struggle for control. You ...
I used to think that my lack of listening to people was due to either adult ADD or an extremely overactive leadership gift. I figured that some were gifted at listening, I was not, and therefore I could excuse it away. I really thought that to be a good leader AND a good listener was extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Then God took that little errant belief system and said, "Steve, you don't listen ...
Consider taking your small group on a spiritual retreat.
by Rachel Gilmore
During high school, my youth group would go every fall to a camp that sat high on a dune above Lake Michigan. By October the air was crisp and full of the scent of burning leaves, the lake choppy and layered in shades of blue and gray—all heralding the change of seasons. The weekend held the promise of all-night girl gab sessions, midnight hikes up the dunes, and intense small-group discussions. ...
Joe Stowell provides insights into living the Christian life in this course from our new Great Bible Teachers series.
Joseph Stowell, former president of Moody Bible Institute and current pastor of Harvest Bible Church, has written such books as The Trouble with Jesus, Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures, and Radical Reliance. In this five-session course, he instructs us in how to be honest with God, how to trust him in times of crisis, how to work together for the sake of the kingdom, and how to show ...
Making a difficult decision is just the beginning on a journey back to health.
How can a divorced Christian work through guilt, overcome it, and find restoration and new hope in Christ? How can divorced Christians reconnect with God and find their way back to a healthy spiritual life and relationship? Are your friendships over, or can you take steps to forestall a complete disaster? How can you assure your children of your unchanging love for them? How do you put your life back ...
Help your group (and yourself) evaluate your practice of the spiritual disciplines.
Kevin Miller, Bill Hybels, Fred Smith, and others
"There is no sure-fire way to evaluate and quantify our spiritual health in numerical terms. We can't take a test to see if we are getting an A or D in our relationship with God. But we can at least get a rough idea about our spiritual health by taking an objective looks at our actions and beliefs.
This download uses the spiritual disciplines as a way to examine those actions and beliefs. Use it to ...
Keep a finger on the pulse of your groups, leaders, and ministry with five very practical tools.
Evaluation is a vital tool at any level of small-groups ministry—from groups and group leaders to coaches and directors. This bundle of five resources (yes, that's right: five) will provide your church with a wealth of tools at a hefty discount.
"Four Pack: Assessments and Evaluations" is a bundled pack containing the following SmallGroups.com training resources:
Reflection is an important practice in the life of a small group.
by Diana Bennett
Whenever I guide a group through the spiritual disciplines, I ask the question, "What comes to mind when you hear the words spiritual disciplines?" Often, the response is "fasting" or "working harder" as they study the Bible!
While these two topics certainly are part of the picture, there are numerous options for understanding and experiencing spiritual disciplines that become the root of our spiritual ...
Reflect on Scripture that reminds us to take time to be still.
Tami Rudkin
Leader: So often our lives are hectic, to say the least. Our lives are full of duties and demands. Some of the things we are called to do bring contentment and pleasure. Some of our day to day living is wrought with disappointment and pain. But we can experience something that those who do not know Jesus cannot … we can experience peace and pleasure and protection even amidst the craziness ...
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