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September 27 James 2:14-26 Community Group Questions In what ways do you sense your “internal legalist” kick in when you hear the phrase “Faith without works is dead” “...It is useless.” In what ways have you seen “well-wishing” (aka be warm and well fed) in the church? How about within yourself and your own life? What keeps you from responding to the needs around you? Lack of awareness? Courage? Something else? Share a time where you were obedient to the Spirit’s promptings to meet a need? “...it cannot save us.” What makes people hesitant to “sit in the chair”? Is Demonic Faith too strong? What strikes you about Rahab’s story? What simple sets might God be calling you to take so that your family tree looks different? “A Christian is so much more than someone who has a general or sentimental belief in God, and a biblically informed morality. A Christian is someone who has been supernaturally born again from above and is, by grace through fa

                                     September 20- James 1:19-27 Community Group Questions Welcome any new people and introduce yourselves- Name, work, school, etc... What rule(s) did you have growing up that you thought was not needed or that you did not obey? What’s your pet-peeve?  What can make you get upset very quickly? The Text: What questions or insights did you have from you weekly reading? Share those and ask your questions. Is it easy for you to be “quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry”? Why or why not? Can you think of times where you wished you had followed James’ proverb? “Vision Leaks”, is a common axiom to describe the task of leadership. The ideas is that people so often forget what is important that you have to constantly remind them. The bucket just keeps leaking so we need to constantly fill up other people’s buckets with a God-sized Vision for His world.   OR the image James uses, It’s like looking in a mirror and im

As you read, pray over the text. What words jump out at you? What sounds strange? What is convicting? Wednesday: Read James 1:1-12 Thursday: Reread James 1:1-12 before you arrive. Community Group Questions Introduce yourselves Name, work, school What is the story behind the time you went the longest without sleep? In what ways do you feel ‘Scattered’ right now? What is the biggest challenge in this season of life? What trials can you look back on and see ‘This is what God was up to?” What trials do you think you’ll have to wait to ask God himself oneday? What does joy feel like and how is it different than happiness? Why does James would tell us to “consider it pure joy whenever we face trials of many kinds?” (James 1:1) What is this Scripture saying about who God is? How can we respond to this Scripture?   Background on James The Bible is a book filled with stories, letters and other types of literature written to o

Meeting Location: 6651 Scott St Allendale, MI (unless otherwise noted) Time: Thursdays 7pm Dinner 7:45 Worship/Message 8:30 Community Groups & Hangout (optional, but encouraged)            9.13.18 Kickoff Meeting 9.20.18 Rooted Meeting 9.27.18 Rooted Meeting 10.4.18 Rooted Meeting 10.11.18 Rooted Meeting 10.18.18 Rooted Meeting 10.25.18 Rooted Meeting 11.1.18 Rooted Meeting 11.8.18 Rooted Meeting 11.15.18 Rooted Meeting 11.22.18 NO ROOTED. Happy Thanksgiving 11.29.18 Serve Night locations:TBA 12.6.18 Rooted Meeting 12.13.18 NO ROOTED. College Exams 12.20.18 Christmas Party The Barn (4374 64th Avenue, Zeeland, MI) 12.21-31 **Christmas Break** 1.1-5.19 Passion Conference 1.10.19 Rooted Meeting 1.17.19 Rooted Meeting 1.24.19 Rooted Meeting 1.31.19 Serve Night locations: TBA 2.7.19 Rooted Meeting 2.14.19 Rooted Meeting