– Part 2

DEUTERONOMY 6:5-7 (ESV)

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These commandments (words) which I command you today shall be in your mind (heart). You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Connect group:

• Choose ONE NIGHT a week to hold your connect group.
• Ask each member of your connect group to bring their Bible.
•  If you want, you can also take communion together.

WELCOME

Ice breaker:

Choose one of the following topics and talk about it:
a) What is very important in this life and why?

b) What in this life is not so important to you and why?

Prayer: Open with prayer.

WORD

Read:

Our Core Text for Today:

Choose one of the themes and talk about it tonight.

Talk in your Connect Group about the following:

1. RIPPLE EFFECT OF HUMAN PLANS: Sarai and Abram

GENESIS 16:2

Then Sarai said to Abram, “… Go in to my maidservant; perhaps she will give birth to children through me.” And Abram agreed with his wife.

2. RIPPLE EFFECT OF SINCERE FAITH: Lois and Eunice

2 TIMOTHY 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, the same faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and which, I am convinced, is also in you.

3. RIPPLE EFFECT OF LOYALTY AND MENTORSHIP: Naomi and Ruth

RUTH 1:16

…Please do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you, for wherever you go I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people are my people; your God is my God.

4. RIPPLE EFFECT OF WORDS AND WISDOM: Proverbs 31 Woman

PROVERBS 31:26

When she speaks, it is with wisdom; when she directs, it is with love.

5. RIPPLE EFFECT OF LIFE

Unknown ~ The way we love our children becomes their inner voice.

DEUTERONOMY 30:19

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and punishment. Choose life, that you and your descendants may live.

Reread today’s texts and talk about them:

• Choose one of the Ripple Effect points above and talk about it

WORSHIP

Make time to worship God today. Use the playlist on our Word and Life website under Connect Groups. Or bring your own worship songs.

WORKS

Now enjoy Communion together as a Connect Group:

Love for God, Love for People

Now, as a Connection Group, spend just 5 minutes in silence, and each member should answer the questions below individually. Create a peaceful atmosphere and allow the Lord to speak to each one individually.

• Ask the Lord to show you what you can be grateful for.
• Thank the Lord for His forgiveness and think of someone who might need your forgiveness?