Look Back (30 minutes)
1. Does anyone have any God stories?
2. What is something you are thankful for last week?
3. What is something last week that stressed you out?
4. How did “I will statements” go?
5. What are some needs in your community or for you?
Look up (30 minutes
1. Read the passage
2. Retell the passage in your words
3. Is there something you would add or change from the retell?
4. What does the passage tell us about God - Father / Jesus / Holy Spirit ?
5. What does it tell us about Humans and relationships?
6. What does it tell us about God’s plan?
Look Forward (30 minutes
1. If we believe this passage is from God how will you respond to it? Stop and listen to God for 4-5 minutes and then create a “I will statement” for this next week
2. Who are you going to share this passage with before we meet next?
3. How can we meet needs around us this week?
4. When will we meet again?
5. Who will lead the next meeting?

Contagious discipleship format

In the meeting

Optional
1. ask how the prayer calendar is going and how god is using it (5 min)
2. How has God been working through your prayer calendar this week? any stories? any answered prayers?
3. take a minute to thank God for what he has done this week in answering prayers
Look back (30 min)
1. what are we thankful for?
2. what are you stressed about? and how can we pray for you?
3. how can we help each other with these needs.
4. FUP follow up from last week
  1. how did I will statements go
  2. Did anyone share the story with someone?
  3. Did you get to help anyone this last week?
5. Needs of the community
  1. who can we help this week?
  2. how can we pray for an or meet needs of city community
  3. neighbors? positive impact of those around you
Look up (30 mn)
1. Read the passage
2. retell the passage (in a way that they would tell others)
3. what does it say about God? about man?
4. if what we learned is true how do we change?
5. what will do this week to specifically live out a response to what God has shown us
6. who can we share it with?
Look forward (30 min)
1. conversation quadrants (not manipulation) prayer for the person and for boldness to take next natural step
  1. what kind of conversations did you have this week w unbelieving people? casual, meaningful, spiritual, DBS
  2. write down names in the boxes and then pray for each name and opportunities to take conversation to go deeper.
  3. what will you do this week to see them again?

Discovery Bible Study Questions