The Power of Habit

SMALL GROUPS SERMON-BASED QUESTIONS

Sermon Scriptures: 2 Samuel 24: 1-13; Matt. 18:21-35

Sermon Questions:

Name a time in childhood when you were caught doing something you should not have done.
How did you react? Or, how do you normally react when you’re called out on something: turtle or skunk?
What is the difference between guilt and shame?
What makes David so bold, respectful, and free?
Bonus / Apply: What next step can you take to live by the axiom, “His grace is sufficient for me?"

Sermon Scriptures: Matt. 6:25-34

Sermon Questions:

Name a family tradition and how it got started.
Who keeps your family calendar and how do you keep things from getting too crazy?
Which of the five area (time, trust, temple, treasure, talent) struck you as needing attention?
What will it take to keep or to put first things first in that area of your life? Next step?
Bonus: In general, what is your biggest barrier to having a one hand approach to life? (or) What is your greatest lure to chasing life with two fists?

Sermon Scriptures: Matt. 7:12

Sermon Questions:

Are you more prone to fight or flight when a conflict arises?
Can you remember a situation when you were being treated unfairly and you reacted? How’d it turn out?
Looking back, can you see how practicing the Golden Rule might have changed the story’s ending?
What makes the Golden Rule so difficult?
Where in your life are in in the habit of fight/flight?
What will it take to “draw the circle?"
What would it look like to give more than simply a neutral response, but a positive one?

Sermon Scriptures: Matt. 14:22-32

Sermon Questions:

Were you a risk-taker in your youth?
Can you remember a risk that did not turn out as planned?
People, like Edison, who make great gains, embraced failure as part of the process. What emotion or reality makes so many of us fear failure?
What failure in your life resulted in a great life lesson?
Which boat do you need to consider stepping out of, and why?
Comfort or security?