What suffering is revealing your weaknesses at this time? Has this increased your prayer life? How can your BFG pray for you regarding suffering? What kind of goodness and blessing are you enjoying right now? Have you acknowledged this is God’s undeserved provision in your life? How can your BFG join you in praising God for this? Is there sin you have acted upon that has caused division among members of the body that you need to confess?  How can you cultivate habits of prayer in place of gossip, complaining, slander?  Do you ever experience a temptation to wander [...]

In what contexts or situations is your patience being tested the most? Why? How should the imminent return of Christ help you to exercise patience in these situations? Is there a certain person or group of people with whom you are most impatient? Why? How should the imminent return of Christ cause you to be slow to anger toward these people? What situations of injustice or oppression that cause you to long for the return of Christ? How should the imminent return of Christ inform your prayers for these situations? Are there certain daily habits that increase your impatience [...]

How do you struggle with storing or hoarding temporary treasures on earth instead of investing in the eternal?  Are there obvious meaningless expenses you could give up to invest more in the kingdom?  In what ways are you tempted to use others for your personal gain or to secure wealth for yourself? Are there ways in which you struggle when it comes to spending and consuming to fill empty desires in your life?  Think through the ways your contentment in the riches of the gospel, all we have in Christ, change the way you   Save Plan Work Spend Give 

How are you feeling the uncertainty and brevity of life at this time or season in life? What practical reminders can you give yourself as you plan that you are not God? What specific conversations will you have this week because you have been reminded that life is short and only what is done for Christ will last? What temporary moments or seasons have you given eternal weight? How has this disappointed you throughout life?  How are you acting in the delusion of deity as you plan? What sort of reactions do you have to life circumstances that reveal [...]

What do you find yourself arguing with others about the most? (at home, church, work, school) What does this say about your heart? Do your arguments reveal anything specific in your heart that may have become an idol?  Are there things you want really bad but would never pray for because you know your motive is wrong? Are there things you really wish God would do but know they are not what would be right or God for you? How does this reveal any idols in your heart? How have you experienced God’s opposition to your pride? How have [...]

If wisdom begins with being bridled by the word of God, in what ways are you the most unwise or unbridled? In what areas are you refusing to submit to God’s word? How do you need to specifically embrace meekness of wisdom by obeying God’s word?  In what areas of life do you struggle the most with selfish ambition? Has there ever been something you were willing to pursue at all costs? Is there something you want now that you’d be willing to hurt or destroy others for?  What do you tend to be the most argumentative about? How [...]