What our current series "Catalysts" is all about: Sometimes our faith needs a jump start, a catalyst, something to move us in the right direction. But what does that for us? Throughout most people’s lives, it’s one of five key things, and if we look out for those we can see God do something awesome!
Significant
Relationships
We all know the power that relationships can have in our
lives; parents, friends, leaders, etc.
God knows this, too, which is why so often He uses those relationships
to jumpstart our faith. In Ecclesiastes
4:9-12 Solomon, the wisest man to ever live, gives us some common sense wisdom
about relationships. He tells us that we
are better together. That’s why at our
church we meet for worship in rows, but the real life change happens within the
context of relationships in small group.
That’s why we believe circles are better than rows.
This Week's Point: Circles are Better than Rows
At Home Suggestions
Ask your kids “who is in your circle?” Talk with them about who has permission in
their lives to ask them the tough questions and point out things in their lives
that they don’t see. It is important
that your teens have someone other than you with permission to speak this kind of
truth into their lives. We suggest you
use their Small Group Leader (if you don’t know who their SGL is, we can help
you with that, too).
Read Hebrews 10:24-25
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love
and good works.25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as
some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his
return is drawing near.
(NLT)
Ask: What does this passage challenge us to do for each
other? Why do you think that’s so
important? How has that kind of
community helped you?
Explain that when we meet together we can help each other
make better choices and show love. This
is important because those things don’t come naturally, so doing life together
makes all our lives better.
Pray that your family would form the kind of relationships
with other Christians that help us lean into what God wants to do in our lives.
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