Are you ready to let go of your old life and experience a new life in Jesus? Trading our broken lives for God’s grace, purpose, forgiveness, and eternity in heaven is the best decision possible!
Notes 📓✏️:
“If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with Himself. Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?… No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
–Romans 8:31-39 (NIV)
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
–Matthew 13:44 (ESV)
God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule.
To live in God’s Kingdom means allowing His authority and commandments to shape your life right where you are.
“You are not the boss of me!”
Living with God in charge of your life is worth giving up your existing life.
“I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.”
–Philippians 3:7-8 (NLT)
It is too rich of an offer to refuse!
“Taste and see that the LORD is good.”
–Psalm 34:8 (NIV)
“Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
“Jesus, You are in charge. Forgive me for my sin and shortcomings. I want to live Your kind of life.”
You want it.
“For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.”
–Luke 12:32 (NLT)
You must want it, and God gives it.
Spiritual blindness is seeing Jesus without seeing Jesus.
He is worthy of our surrender.
The man in the field = Jesus
The field = The World
The treasure = Us
Jesus was willing to give up heaven to come into this world for us!
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son [Jesus], so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”
–John 3:16 (NLT)
Week 1 Discussion Questions 📝❓:
PLEASE HELP YOUR GROUP UNDERSTAND THAT “DREAMS” CAN BE YOUR FAMILY, FUTURE, SPIRITUAL WALK, COMMUNITY – THERE ARE BOTH BIG AND SMALL DREAMS!
QUESTION 1
When you think about the “ghost town” picture from the intro, what dreams in your own life feel like they’ve gone silent or been left behind?
FOLLOW-UP PROMPTS:
- What did that dream mean to you at the time?
- How did you feel when it seemed to fade?
- Do you think it’s possible that God still has plans for it?
SCRIPTURE TIE-IN:
Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”
QUESTION 2
John 12:24 says that a seed mist be buried before it can grow. How have you seen God use a “buried” season in your life to prepare you for something greater?
FOLLOW-UP PROMPTS
- Was there a time when you thought something was over, but later realized God was still at work?
- How do you think waiting seasons can deepen our faith?
SCRIPTURE TIE-IN:
John 12:24; Galatians 6:9 – “Let us not become weary in doing good…”
QUESTION 3
Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” Have you ever felt burned out or discouraged chasing a dream? How did God meet you in that season?
FOLLOW-UP PROMPTS:
- What lies does the enemy try to whisper when you’re burned out?
- What practices help you renew hope (worship, prayer, community)?
SCRIPTURE TIE-IN:
Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 40:31 – “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
QUESTION 4
In Ezekial 37, God brought life to dry bones. What is one area of your life or dream that feels like “dry bones” right now, and how can you invite the Holy Spirit to breathe fresh life into it?
FOLLOW-UP PROMPTS:
- What would it look like if God breathed life into that area?
- Can you think of a time when God surprised you by reviving something you though was over?
SCRIPTURE TIE-IN:
Ezekial 37:1-14; Romans 8:11 – “The spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you.”
QUESTION 5:
The challenge this week is to name your dream and submit it to God. What is one specific dream you can name today – either something old you want to revive, or something new God is stirring in you? Remember these things can big or small, for your family or future! There is no wrong answer!
FOLLOW-UP PROMPTS:
- How can this group encourage and pray with you about that dream?
- What practical first step might you take toward it this week?
SCRIPTURE TIE-IN:
2 Corinthians 5:7 – “We live by faith, not by sight.”