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 MIND so important?                         

b) How do you know when your MIND 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… 

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 

1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has made him commander over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

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 Spirit.  When we talk about the SPIRIT of man, we are talking about the heart of man.  The Bible says that David was a man after God’s own heart. God looks at the HEART of man. God saw from the beginning that David’s heart was right. He had a heart for God’s will and plan. He always sought God’s will and plan in every situation. When David did something wrong, he immediately repented and talked to God about it. He always sought God’s forgiveness, even above the prestige of the people around him. God is looking for people who repent quickly and confess quickly. These people have a Healthy Heart = Spirit. 

Reread today’s texts and talk about them:

Describe the SPIRIT of man. Why is our SPIRIT so important to God?

• What can we do to keep our SPIRIT 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 SPIRIT 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.