Life group questions & notes

If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; 32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8 31-32

Questions for Life Groups

1. Read John 8:31-32 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Truth. This week, practice truth-telling by paying attention to the stories you repeat by asking whether they clarify reality or conceal it.
2. Second, practice listening to voices shaped by grief, fear, or marginalization.
3. Third, practice courage. Truth requires refusal to laugh at cruelty, to spread distortion, to look away from harm.
   And finally, practice hope. Not the kind of hope that denies reality, but the kind that trusts God to be at work within it. The kind of hope that believes truth, once chosen, can still open a way forward.
4. How can your group members help you be more receptive to hearing and understanding the Word of God this week? Pray for one another to be blessed by the Holy Spirit with greater courage.