Home Team – Part 3

Open with prayer.

 

Get to Know You (10 Minutes)

Sharing a meal together is a valuable part of being in community and family. This is where we can show hospitality, have conversations and enjoy eachothers company. Recently I visited a historical site (a home) and learned that families in the 1800’s would often sit at the dinner table for close to 4 hours together. No distractions or other important matters to get to. If you could invite anyone to your ‘dinner table’ who would it be and why?

Observation & Discussion (30 Minutes)

Ephesians 6:1-4 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Genesis 2:24 — That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way they should go; even when they are old they will not depart from it.

Proverbs 17:6 — Grandchildren are the crown of the aged.

1 Corinthians 7:12-13, 16 — To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. — How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

1. We are all in different places in our family, life and journey with God. How would you answer the opening question from the Sunday message, ‘What about ___?’
2. The passages above are all from our message on Sunday, as we looked at family and the various stages of life we are all in. As you read through the scriptures above, which verse or idea is sticking with you?
3. What is one point from the message that has continued to stick with you?
4. What is a blessing in this season of your life and what are you asking God for?

Next Step (10 Minutes)

As a group, how can you support each other in your different seasons of life and what can you do this week to act on that?

Prayer Requests (5 Minutes)

Pray with your group to close.

Challenge

As we continue this series on Home Team, consider attending a service together with your family and your group at a location that is in your neighborhood