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BROKEN: Broken Hearts

Daily devotionals have been prepared to accompany the First Quarter Series, BROKEN.  They ae available at the Welcome Center or online at www.gpbrokenstudy.blogspot.com.  The following questions can be used as a weekly recap in a small group setting or as a personal study aid for the sermon preached by Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, February 12, 2017.

Small group members are encouraged to bring their completed daily devotionals to their weekly group sessions to share their BROKEN discoveries with their group.  For more information on participating in a small group study, contact Pastor Jon Green.

Weekly Warm-up:
What is the worst tasting medicine you have ever had?
How do you get your kids/pets to take their medicine?
What is your favorite non-medicine “medicine?”  (Nap, honey, shopping, etc.)

Watch Weekly Video: (optional)


Weekly Overview: (skip if video is used)
Everyone responds differently to brokenness.  An acquaintance of mine asked me what I did over the Christmas holiday.  Knowing he was a Christian, I felt comfortable telling him I had been writing some devotions on the topic of broken for my church.  He became quiet and said, “Everyone understands being broken.  Mine was when my wife of 29 years told me she didn’t want to be married for 30 years and left me.  I was depressed.  It took 2-1/2 years to recover.”  He was heartbroken.  Fortunately, he knew that God is the only source of true healing.

The Bible gives us a peek into the lives of brokenhearted people.  Some like Solomon and Saul questioned their lives and came up empty.  Job and David were surrounded by suffering and fear that seemed to have no end.  They were not ashamed to cry out to God in their brokenness.  He heard their cries and mended their broken hearts.  Praise God!  He knows and understands our broken hearts!

Weekly Discussion Questions: (Italicized questions come from daily devotional)

Read Psalms 147:1-5 in NLT version

Who do you turn to when you are heartbroken?
Why is God the only medicine for a broken heart?
How can God really understand what we feel?
When do you think Jesus experienced a broken heart?
How does God feel about your broken heart?

Why is it good to give thanks to God even for brokenness?
How will you express your praise for scars?
How has brokenness made you strong?
How can you use your broken heart to help others?

Prayer:
Pray for the mending of broken hearts.
Pray for finding purpose in the scars.

Pray for others experiencing broken hearts.
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