Opening Question:
Think of a time when you really needed something to lift you up. Did you receive encouragement? If so, how? (e.g., kind words, instruction, Scripture passage, etc.?)
Scripture Study:
1. Ask a volunteer to take a passage listed below and share it with the group. Explain how the passage provides encouragement through hope:
• Psalm 31: 22-24
• Psalm 42: 3-5
• Psalm 130: 7-8
• Isa. 30: 20-21
• Lam. 3: 31-33
• Titus 2: 11-14
• Heb. 6: 9-12
2. Where do true encouragement and hope come from?
• Rom. 15: 13
• Acts 9: 31
• Rom. 12: 6-8
3. What is the role of encouragement in the church?
• Acts 4:36
• Acts 15:30-33
• Acts 16:40
• Acts 18:24-28
• Acts 28:13-16
• Rom. 1:11-13
4. For discussion: based on what we have learned from Scripture, how can the small group ministry at Webster Gardens better encourage one another?
Prayer
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