Small Group Discussion

Key Takeaways: Participation Will…

• Change your PERCEPTION: You see things differently when you’re actively involved.
• Build a deeper POSSESSION: People care more about what they help build.
• Lead to spiritual PROGRESSION: Revelation comes through action, not just learning. The brain pays more attention to what the body is doing than what it’s hearing.

Discussion Questions:

1. We suggested that awareness increases through participation rather than just learning or listening. What is one practical step you could take this week to participate more fully in God’s mission?
2. Reflecting on the book of Job, how do you respond when God seems silent during your storms, and how does knowing God is ‘the God of the storm’ change your perspective on suffering?
3. How might your perception of your church, family, or community change if you moved from being a consumer to a contributor through active service and involvement?
4. The sermon states that ‘truth heard but not lived eventually becomes background noise.’ What biblical truth have you been hearing repeatedly but struggling to put into action?
5. In what ways does participation in serving others deepen your ownership and care for God’s kingdom work, similar to how Carter’s perspective shifted after serving eight services?
6. How does the concept of loving God with all your heart, soul, AND strength challenge the idea that faith is primarily an intellectual or emotional experience?
7. What distractions or lack of awareness in your daily life might be preventing you from seeing the ‘gorillas’ the obvious ways God is moving or calling you to act?
8. If revelation truly comes through participation rather than observation, what might God be inviting you to do that you’ve been avoiding or postponing?