Faithful Through The Ages

TO START

This Sunday, we took one final break in the Decide series to spend time speaking blessing over families who have recently brought babies into the world. As well as vowing to walk with them and care for them in light of the promises of God to care for us and to walk with us no matter where we go.

  • Share a time when someone’s presence (non family member) with you & for you helped you to survive or keep going. 

This week we are inviting your group to choose questions from the multiple options below.  Our hope is that these questions might help you to lead your discussion in a way that makes sense for your group this week as y’all “talk it out” and “live it out”.

TALK IT OUT AFTER READING LUKE 2:25-38

STUDY

  • How is Simeon described & what does Luke mean when he says that Simeon “was waiting for the consolation of Israel” (v. 25)?

  • Why was it significant that Anna is mentioned alongside Simeon’s prophecy? 

  • What does active waiting look like as we’ve seen through Simeon & Anna?

PROCESS

  • Have you had a time when you’ve shown up and offered yourself for someone in order to help change their trajectory?

  • Share about a season in your life where you were showing up to church, life, faith, etc. with little left to give. What kept you going?

  • How have the bumps and bruises of your life affected your posture towards the world, church and God?

LIVE IT OUT 

PRACTICE

  • How do you think God desires for you to grow in love for him in this season of life? Is there a way that your love for younger generations could stretch further?

  • Is there someone in your life right now that you are either mentoring or being mentored by for the sake of coming to know God? Why or why not?

PRAY

  • We invite you to close small groups by praying for the younger generations at RRCOC, in our community and in our world. Consider centering it around this idea: “To be hidden in Christ means to be willing to give away some of our own lives for younger generations to know God sees them, speaks well of them & cherishes them.”

Matt DeLano