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BEFORE
Complete the section below before your Pr'me Group

Meditation Verse: Remember to meditate on Colossians 3:13 and come prepared to share how it affected your life.

Prayer 4U: Be praying for your person - that he/she would reconcile the relationships that need to be reconciled.

Review the **starred** discussion questions below (there are 3) - take notes and come prepared to share!

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DURING
Complete the section below with your Pr'me Group

Intro Info
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• Announcements: announcements may be found at the bottom of Sunday's YouVersion Point Notes (do not review during group)

• God Moments: how have you seen God working, either in your life or in the life of another, over the past week? Did God answer any prayer requests that you had shared with the group previously?

• Meditation Verse: last week, we discussed Colossians 3:13. How has this verse affected your life this week?

Focus Verse - read Ephesians 3:20. "Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think."

What things come to mind that are "infinitely more than we might ask or think."

** Icebreaker - What things do you choose to avoid because they are
uncomfortable? **

** Have you ever followed God into a difficult situation (ie, you did something that God was prompting you to do)? Share. **

Sean talked about four God statements that relate to doing hard things. Let's discuss.

God Sees Sacrifice as Standard. Have someone read 1 Peter 2:20-21.

1. What "good" are you currently doing that requires you to sacrifice or suffer for Jesus? (money, time, convenience, etc.)?

2. If you aren't sacrificing, why not? And what do you need to change?

God Brings Hope from Hardship. Have someone read Romans 8:28.

3. Discuss a hard time in your life that God used for good.

4. How does Romans 8:28 change how you plan to approach a hard situation that you are currently facing?

God Uses Grief for Growth. Have someone read Romans 5:3-4.

** 5. Looking back on the hard times in your life - what positive growth did you experience (ie, how did you change for the better)? **

6. If you could go back in time and erase a difficult situation, would you? Or was the growth worth the pain?

God Always Works in Weakness. Read 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.

7. Where are you seeing God actively working through your weakness or hardship right now?

8. Where would you LIKE to see God actively working in your weakness or hardship right now? What steps can you take to make this happen?

Prayer 4U - The [New Year Name Here] statement this week was "For this New Year, I will do hard things." Have each person share one thing that he/she has been avoiding because it is uncomfortable or difficult that he/she needs to follow God and do. Make a list so everyone can spend the week praying for each other for strength to do the hard things.

Guided Prayer - (Leader, include the following in your prayer time). God we thank you that you use our difficult times to fulfill your greater purpose. Thank you that with every trial, you are shaping us to be more like your Son. Help us to enthusiastically embrace every trial and struggle that comes our way so that we can ultimately glorify you! In Jesus' name, AMEN

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AFTER
Complete this section below in the week following your Pr'me Group

Meditate on 2 Corinthians 12:9-10. Come prepared next time to share how this verse affected your life this week.