GROWTH QUESTION #1
Who would like to share a highlight, praise report, or testimony from this week?
The Only Foundation You Can Depend On
MEETING AGENDA
- OPENING PRAYER – Ask one person to open the meeting in prayer.
- GROWTH QUESTIONS – Ask everyone the Growth Questions.
- ATTENDANCE – Take attendance through the DG Attendance System.
- TODAY’S LESSON – Go over this week’s DG lesson.
- GIVING – Encourage everyone to give on the App.
- CLOSING PRAYER – Ask for prayer requests and pray.
GROWTH QUESTION #2
What did you learn from this week’s sermon?
GROWTH QUESTION #3
What was your most important accomplishment this week?
TODAY’S PASSAGE:
Matthew 6:25-27 NLT 25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS
What did you learn from what we just read?
TRUTH #1
There are only 2 possible foundations we can build our lives upon - the rock or the sand.
- We build our house upon the rock when we hear and OBEY Jesus’ teachings. We build our house on the sand when we hear and DISOBEY Jesus’ teachings.
- Our response to Jesus’ teachings determines whether we build a stable and successful life or an unstable and defeated life.
- As builders, we have the responsibility to choose which foundation we will build our marriage, families, businesses and lives on.
INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS
Can anyone give an example of a time that you built your house on sand? What was the outcome?
TRUTH #2
How you listen and respond when God speaks determine which foundation you are building your life on.
- There are two steps to building well. 1) Listen and 2) Follow (Apply)
- First, we have to listen. If we don’t make time to listen, we won’t hear anything from God.
- Second, we have to follow. It's not just about listening, obedience is the key!
- We must hear God AND obey what He says in order to have the right foundation for our lives.
INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS
What are some of the ways you can practice listening to the voice of God? What are some areas of your life that you need to adjust and follow the voice of God?
TRUTH #3
The storms of life will come to all of us.
- The Scripture does not say “if” the storms come, it says “when” the storms come.
- In this story, the rain and winds hit both houses.
- Whether we build on the right foundation or not, the storms and trials of life will happen.
- Building on the right foundation does not exempt us from the storm, it just guarantees we will still be standing when the storm is over!
- There are only 2 possible outcomes to the storms of life. If we build our house on the solid rock of Jesus’ teachings, it won’t collapse. If we build our house on the sands of disobedience, it will collapse.
- DEFINITION - Collapse (ptōsis): downfall, ruin, misery, loss and defeat
- There is a lesson to learn in every storm, but none of those lessons include collapse and defeat.
- If we listen and obey all of Jesus’ teachings, we can praise Him through every storm because we know that God guarantees us victory in the end.
INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS
What are some of the storms you are facing right now and need prayer for? Is there any area of your life that has collapsed because of disobedience? Are you willing to confess and repent of it today?
CLOSING QUESTION
What is one thing you have learned from today’s lesson?
GIVING
Sharing freely and giving generously results in a legacy of good deeds that will make a lasting impact and echo through eternity. .
2 Corinthians 9:9 (NLT)
As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
Encourage everyone to give their tithes and offerings.
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PRAY
QUESTION #1
Who are you praying for to be saved?
QUESTION #2
Who can you invite to the next meeting?
QUESTION #3
What are your prayer requests?