Women’s Group Discussion Guide

Four-Week Session

Session 1: Chapters 1-3

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. Why is it important to know your life may be teaching those you encounter?
3. What’s the greatest lesson you want others to learn from observing your life?
4. What is the significance of faith in your life?
5. How do you respond when your faith is tested?
6. What emotions arise when you’re waiting on God? How do you respond?
7. What are the benefits of “waiting on God”?
8. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
9. 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. Why do you worship?
3. What role does worship have in your spiritual life?
4. How significant are these words to you: God Promised?
5. What promises of God are your life-giving, life-sustaining and life-restoring lifeline?
6. What makes lessons on words important to you?
7. Why are the words we speak so important to people of faith?
8. What area of communication challenges you – content, clock, climate, context or conclusion?
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 is your relationship with others a reflection of your relationship with God?
4. In what areas of your life is God in His rightful and ruling place? In what areas is He not?
5. What is the meaning and manifestation of “hope, expect and wait” in your life?
6. Why is your “yes” so important to God?
7. What kind of “yes” do you give God?
8. How can we turn our “yes” into a lifelong “yes” season?
9. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
10. 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’s been one of your best seasons?
6. What would you share with others about God and life’s seasons?
7. How can encouragement impact your life circumstances and situations?
8. What are you doing with God’s new mercies each day?
9. What would you share with others about God’s great faithfulness?
10. How do these chapters challenge or support your beliefs?
11. How do these chapters give you hope and encouragement?