Connection Group Leader Notes: March 29–April 3, 2021

Connection Group Leader Notes: March 29–April 3, 2021

Dear Big Idea Group Leader, 

Thank you for your willingness to dig into the Word of God and bring to life the Sunday message.  The following outline and questions below are not designed that you need to answer each question, but created to be more of a guide for your journey of discovery! You will still need to look into the text, study, and be ready to take your group of friends to a place where they can know what God is saying, and how they can respond. 

Each Group should end with the question, "What are we going to do with what we have learned?"

TEXT
Nehemiah 13

OPEN
(you can choose any combination of these questions)

When your parents (or maybe you have said as a parent), clean up your room "or else", what did "or else" mean?

What makes Sunday different from other days of the week?

How successful are you at fulfilling long term commitments? ie. diet changes, exercises, serving on a team.

DIG
What happened in the 10-12 years that Nehemiah left Jerusalem?

Why was there a need for Nehemiah to reinstitute reforms when he returned?

(Review the Reforms: Temple, Financial, Priority, Relationships.

Why do you think Eliashib allowed Tobiah access into the Temple?

Why did Nehemiah act the way he did towards Tobiah?

How can purity be more like a "lifestyle" and not an event?

Talk about how the tension between the church is exclusive, yet inclusive.

What made it necessary for Nehemaih to address the "neglect for God's house"?

What does a heart and culture of generosity look like?

What made sabbath reform necessary?

What priorities need to be adjusted in your life?

Why did Nehemiah go so hard on intermarriage with foreigners? What made this so wicked?

Do you feel like Nehemiah's response to the Relationship Reforms was just?

REFLECT/JUST DO IT

Which of these Reforms are still present in our current society and needs to be addressed?

Which Reform hits you personally and needs addressed in your life? Why?

Whose hair are you more likely to pull out, your own in frustration, Ezra 9:3, or others like Nehemiah 13:25?

What re-commitment of lifestyle is God putting His finger on in your life?

Honoring God

Revere and esteem God's Word

Transformed Lives

GROUP LEADER

Group Leaders,

1. Prayer and Fasting - promotion this week.

2. Easter invites - lead the way.

3. Good Friday Remembrance