LIVING IN A COMMUNITY OF GRACE: Teamwork is Awesome!

The following questions are to be used as a study aid for the sermon preached by Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 29, 2013. To get the most from these questions, go to https://soundcloud.com/#graceplacehermitage and listen to the service first.

These questions can be used in your private Bible study during the week or as the topic for a small group study. For more information on hosting or leading a small group study, click on "GP Small Groups" under "GP Ministries" at www.graceplace.us.

Fellowship: (Break bread with your community, share life from last week, announcements for next week)

Icebreaker: (Get to know your fellow believers a little bit better using this week’s topic)

Have you ever done something big and scary? 
What was it?
Why was it so scary?

Worship: (Optional for communities who have the time and talent)

“Build Your Kingdom Here” Rend Collective Experiment

Scripture: (Read the word together – use different readers, different versions, just read it)

Choose a “Nehemiah” to read Nehemiah 2

Lesson: (Delve deeper into the Word and into the sermon using open-ended questions)

King Artaxerxes put Nehemiah on the spot when he asked him “What is it you want?”  Nehemiah already had a burden; now he needed a plan.

What did Nehemiah do first?

Do you think Nehemiah had already been thinking of a plan?
How do you handle opposition when you feel strongly about a project?
Why did Nehemiah wait three days before going out at night to examine the walls?
When have you had a burden for a project or ministry?
What is the biggest or most important team on which you have been a part?
When have you severed on a building committee for a church or other building?
How did you handle such a big project?
What project can your group work on as a team?
 
Prayer: (Share each other’s burdens, become a community of believers)
Pray for new community groups that will be forming, their leaders and hosts.