Discovering Jesus Groups – Discussion Guide

Discovering Jesus Groups - Discussion Guide

• What are you currenlty thankful for?

• What’s a current challenge you’re facing?

• How did you do with last week’s ‘I Will’ statement? What kind of simple obedience were you able to live out in the past week?

• Were you able share what we talked about with anyone? Did you have any spiritual conversations with anyone outside of this group?

• Prayer: Take some time praying for all that was shared. 

• Read the selected passage of scripture out loud from one version of the Bible. Then, have another person read the scripture out loud from another version of the Bible if possible.

• What do you hear? What do you see happening in this scripture? Can you try to retell, or summarize it, in your own words?

• What does this scripture communicate about God? What does it communicate about his nature, who he is, and what kind of a God he is?

• What does this scripture communicate about people, or humanity in general? What does it teach you about yourself?

• If this is God speaking, what do you think he wants you to learn, or hear, right now?

• Simple Obedience: How can you specifically live out this passage in the next few days? Can you create an ‘I Will’ statement to put what you learned into practice?

• Sharing Our Journeys: With whom could you share what you are learning? Who are you processing your spiritual journey with outside of this group?

• Serving Others: Is there any need you or your group could meet, or any person you could serve in this next week? What prayer requests can you bring to the group?

1. Leaders Facilitate, They Don’t Teach

This allows everyone to participate and discover truth together. This makes it possible to reproduce. This allows the Holy Spirit to be the teacher, not a person

2. Don’t Skip Multiplying Disciples Section

Obedience is the main goal, not acquiring knowledge. By always focusing on what to do and who to share something with, we help form new disciples who possess the DNA of surrendering to Jesus and proclaiming his truth from the very beginning.

3. Try To Stay Focused On The Present Passage

This allows everyone to stay on the same page, no matter how mature or undeveloped people are in their faith journeys. Often people who are new to discovering God can feel like an outsider if others keep referencing different passages in the Bible. Zooming in on one story helps focus the group instead of tackling too much at once.

4. Pass Off Leadership – Allow Others To Facilitate

Do this ASAP – It helps groups not be dependent on one dominant leader. Model and pass off. This actually serves to train people how to make disciples. Anyone can ask the questions.

5. Cast Vision For Multiplication

Set this vision from day one. The goal is not necessarily to “grow” groups by addition, but instead to multiply by having participants to reach their own friends and family by starting a Discovery Group on their own. They don’t need to be an expert. There’s no qualifications needed to be a DBS facilitator, just a willingness to discover God together. Sometimes people will stay in the original group while starting new groups; sometimes they won’t. Many factors play into this and it’s different for every setting, but the goal remains the same: Multiply. The goal is to make disciples who make disciples so that the life resurrecting power of Jesus is unleashed among everyday, ordinary people.

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