WEEK 1: Show Hospitality

1. Who is the most hospitable person you know? What makes them good at hospitality? What excuses do you make to avoid practicing hospitality? Why?
2. How do you view your home? Are you more prone to view your home as a place of retreat and entertainment or a center for care and healing?
3. Hospitality is more than opening your home. As Christians, we’re called to open our lives and reveal our true selves. What holds you back from sharing your life with others? What is one way you can grow in this area with your small group? 
4. Romans 15:7 says we have been welcomed boldly, generously and unconditionally. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. How does the example of Christ serve as the primary motivation for hospitality? As Christians, why is this important? 
5. Look at your calendar. What occasions could you turn into a means of practicing hospitality? Think about holidays, birthday parties, anniversaries or special events. What can you do to infuse one of these events with purpose and gospel intentionality? 
6. Hospitality is less about entertaining and more about engaging. How can you share your life and be a blessing to others? What is your next step to practice biblical hospitality? Be specific.

WEEK 2: Bear Burdens

1. Has God ever dropped a rock on your life? Have you ever experienced a difficult season that felt crushing or had to carry something that weighed you down?
2. God sees your struggles. He knows your pain. God is not distant from suffering–He’s with you. How can the hope of the gospel lighten or remove your burdens?
3. What have you learned about yourself as you’ve tried to carry your own burdens? Why is it hard to invite people into your life or allow others to help you? 
4. Jesus describes Himself as “gently and lowly”. This is who He is. Tender. Open. Welcoming. Accommodating. Understanding. Willing. How does this image of Jesus change the way you relate to others who are struggling through life?
5. Read 2 Corinthians 1:3–7. How can God use your pain to comfort others? Who is someone in your circle of influence that you can come alongside and encourage?
6. What excuses do you make to avoid or distance yourself from the burdens of others? Why?

WEEK 3: Sing With

1. If you had tickets to any concert, where would you go and who would you want to see?
2. How has your background shaped your taste in music and view of worship?
3. While music is often cultural and generational, corporate worship is different. How have you seen personal preferences become a barrier or create division in the church?
4. Worship is more than singing songs about God. Worship is about singing to God. How would you describe your worship on Sundays? What inhibits your worship? Why? How can you grow as a worshiper?
5. How does singing and music help you relate to God? Describe a moment when you experienced the presence of God through worship. What does personal worship look like in your life? Do you have a habit of worshipping the Lord on your own?
6. Read Revelation 4. What stands out in this passage? How do you envision worship in heaven? When it comes to worship, what do you think matters most to God?

WEEK 4: Pray For

1. Pray specifically. It’s tempting to pray with vague and fuzzy generalities, yet God typically answers prayer in specific and concrete ways. How have you seen God show up and answer prayer is a specific way? Has God ever exceeded your expectations in prayer? 
2. Pray authentically. It’s easy to slide into repetitious and routine prayers where we say the same thing over and over. How would you describe the way you pray? Who taught you to pray? Is your prayer voice different from the way you talk with others?
3. Pray expectantly. When we pray with confidence we know God not only hears our prayer but He has the power to act on our behalf. What is one big prayer request that you want to see God show up and move in a powerful way? What holds you back from asking God? 
4. Pray fervently. Sometimes prayer is quiet and secret. Sometimes it’s loud, passionate, expressive and emotional as you cry out to God. How can you grow in the way you pray and communicate with the Lord?
5. Pray for the saints: Prayer unities us with one another. What is one way your small group can pray for you this week? Have everyone in the group share one personal prayer request.   
6. Pray for the suffering: As you think about the people in your life, do you know anyone who is suffering or going through a challenging season? As a group, pray for this person by name.
7.  Pray for the straying: Are you close to anyone who is running from the Lord or far from God? As a group, pray for this person by name and ask God to reveal Himself in a new way.

WEEK 5: Be Humble 

1. Rather than achieving humility, we typically receive humility. Give an example for how you have received humility. What’s your most humbling moment?
2. Why is humility the foundational trait or base layer of the Christian life? What does it look like for you to “put on” and “clothe” yourself with humility (1 Peter 5:5)?
3. Why do you think “God opposes the proud but gives favor to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5)?
4. What causes you to be anxious? What do you do when you feel your anxiety growing? Why is it important to know that your suffering is “only for a little while” (1 Peter 5:10).
5. Why does the Bible portray Satan as a roaring tiger who is on the prowl to devour believers (1 Peter 5:9)? What does this imagery convey about our adversary?  
6. Humble people see hurting people. When it comes to suffering, humility says “that could be me.” Who is someone in your circle of influence who is going through a difficult season and what can you to do support them? Who are the people who have supported you when your life was hard? What did they do and what sort of impact did this create?