Men’s Group Discussion Guide

Chapters 1-3

• Yes! You’re A Teacher
• Faith Under Fire: When Our Faith is Tested
• He’s Worth the Wait

Discussion Questions:

1. What lessons do you learn about God, yourself and/or life in these chapters?
2. What are some unique challenges that men face knowing their life is teaching others?
3. What’s the greatest lesson you want others to learn from observing your life?
4. What has tested your faith recently? What was your response?
5. What does it mean to fail a test of faith? How can you avoid failing the test?
6. How do you handle “waiting on God”?
7. How might your positions of authority and leadership responsibilities affect your ability to wait on God?
8. What are the benefits of “waiting on God”?
9. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
10. How do these chapters give you hope and encouragement?

Session 2: Chapters 4-6

Chapters 4-6

•  Why I Worship
• God Promised
• Words Say It Loud

Discussion Questions:

1. What lessons do you learn about God, yourself and/or life in these chapters?
2. How would you compare and contrast your public and private worship experiences?
3. What role does worship have in your spiritual life?
4. How significant are these words to you: God Promised?
5. When has God’s promise been a lifeline to you?
6. What do you think of the author’s belief that “a word is worth a thousand pictures”?
7. Why are the words we speak so important to people of faith?
8. How can lessons on the worth and weight of words make you a better man?
9. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
10. How do these chapters give you hope and encouragement?

Session 3: Chapters 7-9

Chapters 7-9

• Keep Living the Gift
• Hope, Expect and Wait
• This is My “Yes” Season

Discussion Questions:

1. What lessons do you learn about God, yourself and/or life in these chapters?
2. What must you do to fully live God’s gift of life and fulfill your purpose?
3. How well do you keep things right with God and others each day?
4. What hinders and challenges men when restoring severed relationships?
5. In what areas of your life is God in His rightful and ruling place? In what areas is He not?
6. What is the meaning and manifestation of “hope, expect and wait” in your life?
7. Why is your “yes” so important to God?
8. What kind of “yes” do you give God?
9. How can we turn our “yes” into a lifelong “yes” season?
10. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
11. How do these chapters give you hope and encouragement?

Session 4: Chapters 10-12

Chapters 10-12

• Lord of the Harvest
• Sufficient for Every Season
• Stay Encouraged

Discussion Questions:

1. What lessons do you learn about God, yourself and/or life in these chapters?
2. Which Name of God is most meaningful to you? Why?
3. How has the Lord of the Harvest’s garden – His pleasure, protection, provision, presence and promise – impacted your life?
4. How did you survive a season you thought would destroy you?
5. What are the unique challenges men face walking through difficult seasons?
6. What’s been one of your best seasons?
7. What would you share with others about God and life’s seasons?
8. How can encouragement impact your life circumstances and situations?
9. What are you doing with God’s new mercies each day?
10. What would you share with others about God’s great faithfulness?
11. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
12. How do these chapters give you hope and encouragement?