DISCUSSION GUIDE / 2.19.23
OPTIONAL INTRODUCTION QUESTION(S)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -
7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
- Hebrews 12:7-11
What is an example of discipline from God?
Do you feel loved by God when you are walking through discipline? Why or why not?
Did your perspective of your parent’s disciplining you change after you grew up? Explain.
Why does God discipline us? For what purpose?
Do you receive God’s discipline through other people? Do you allow God to discipline others through you?
What is something you learned from God disciplining you that has improved your life?
How can we pray for you?