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 soul so important?

b) How do you know when your soul 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. 

Rom 12:2 (NKJV)Do not conform your lifestyle to the behavior patterns of this world but let God RENEW your … mind patterns. Then you will be able to DISTINGUISH well what He wants you to do… 

Matt 16:26 (NKJV)What good will it do you if you ACHIEVE EVERYTHING in life, but you suffer DAMAGE to your deepest HUMAN BEING (your soul)? You will not be able to compensate for it with anything in the world.  Ps 16:11 … TEACH me how to live. With You there is ABUNDANT joy. From Your hand comes only what is beautiful. 

Talk in your Connect Group about the following: 

Love for God, Love for People

Evangelism and DiscipleshipLeadership and Mentoring

Healthy Families, Healthy Church

Healthy Body, Healthy Soul, and Healthy Spirit: 

This week, we are talking about a Healthy Soul.  When we talk about the SOUL of man, we are referring to our thinking and emotions.  It is precisely our thinking that must be renewed by God daily. Our Soul influences our entire being. It is with the SOUL that we think about the things of God. We contemplate God’s goodness every day. If our thinking is not fresh, we do not think accurately about God. We need God to renew our thinking daily. Just as the Israelites had to go and gather new manna every day, our thinking must also be renewed every day. Our emotions are also in our souls. God teaches us not to be led by our emotions, but to use our emotions to do His work here on earth. Our emotions must also be renewed daily. We must give our emotions to God and trust Him with our emotions. 

Reread today’s texts and talk about them:

• Describe the SOUL of man. Why is our SOUL so important to God

What can we do to keep our SOUL 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 SOUL 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.