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) Why is a healthy body so important?                                                                     

b) How do you know when your body is not healthy?

Prayer:  Open with prayer.

WORD Read: Our Core Text for Today: 

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV)“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” This is the primary, comprehensive verse regarding all three areas. 

3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers… 

Prov 17:22 (NKJV) A HAPPY person is a HEALTHY person, but a depressed person falls sick.

Talk in your Connect Group about the following:

 Love for God, Love for People

Evangelism and Discipleship

Leadership and Mentoring

Healthy Families, Healthy ChurchHealthy Body,

Healthy Soul, and Healthy Spirit: This week, we are talking about a Healthy Body.  At the beginning of the early church, there was a group of people who believed that God was only interested in the SPIRIT of people and that the BODY of man was not worth anything. God did not really care about the BODY of man, they believed. They believed that you could sin as much as you wanted, because it was only the body that sinned; the spirit of man was not affected.  It is important to know that God is not only interested in our SPIRIT, but also in our BODY and SOUL. The Bible says that our “body is a temple”. A temple for God’s SPIRIT, therefore, we must look carefully at our body.  Why should we care for our bodies? We need our bodies to preach. It is this earthly body that must do the work of Christ. It is with our bodies that we “GO”. The Bible asks us to go to Judea (Our Town), Samaria (Our Province), and the whole world and to preach. How can we “GO” if our bodies cannot move, and how can we “GO” if our bodies are not functioning well? 

Reread today’s texts and talk about them:

 • Why are our bodies so important to God?

• What can we do to keep our bodies healthy? 

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 answers the questions below for himself/herself. Create a peaceful atmosphere and allow the Lord to speak to each one individually. 

•  Ask the Lord to show you what you can do to keep your body healthy.
• Ask the Lord to show you who to pray for this week. Also, pray for all who are sick and mention their names before God.