This week's Life Group Questions

1. REVIEW

In this study we learned that the way we think of sexuality will determine how we live our lives and engage with our social context. Let’s take a closer look at how you relate with this study.

A.What is one insight you gained from the study on Truth Encounters today? Tell us about it.
_______________________________________________________________________________

B. Read Leviticus 18 and answer these three questions:

1)Who practiced the list of behaviors in Leviticus 18? _____________________________________  
2)What was the outcome? __________________________________________________________  
3)What is God’s command? _________________________________________________________  


2. APPLICATION

A.Contrast the sayings from Column A with truth from God in Column B (write correct number 1-4).
What are the implications of reframing these common sayings with God’s truth?

 
COLUMN A: THE WORLD
1) Love is love.
2) God wants you to be happy.
3) God made you that way.
4) I should not judge anybody.

COLUMN B: GOD
___ God made you in his image.
___ God is love.
___ God wants me to speak truth in love.
___ God wants you to be holy.
 
B. Which one of these three views did you believe before coming to follow Jesus?

____ Behavior: My sexual desires dictated my behavior. After all, everybody did it.
____ Identity: My feelings dictated my identity. After all, I thought I was born that way.
____ Design: My feelings are tainted by sin, so I learned to align my sexual behavior with God’s design.
____ N/A (I am not yet following Jesus).


3. GET DEEPER

A. Write True or False to discern your level of spiritual, emotional, and physical alignment.
____ My sexual life is aligned with God’s design.
____ I have a healthy emotional life today because I have addressed the emotional wounds from my past.
____ I have repented from my sexual immorality and aligned my heart with God.
____ There are areas in my sexual life that I need to confront with truth and seek healing.

4. GROUP PRAYER

(1) Thank Jesus for loving you where you are and inviting you to walk deeper with Him.
(2) Ask God to ignite within us a passion for holiness and a conviction for repentance that flows from Him.
(3) Ask God to give you wisdom in how to show His love to those suppressing the truth about sexuality.
(4) Thank God for the way He will bring transformational healing, and strengthen your love for Him.