Worship

Listen to a Worship song (If you need suggestions you can use one from the YouTube Playlist for this week) or express something that you are thankful to God for.

Welcome

1. Check In – What have you learned about spiritual disciplines from this series?
2. What is one of the hardest things you have done by choice?

Word

• Read: Hebrews 12:1-3
• Why are people in the church often walking away from faith?
  • Young people
  • Middle age
  • Older
• Who is someone you have respected as a “faithful” follower of Jesus?
• How can hinderances and sin keep us from enduring in the faith?  What can we d to combat it?
• How can we daily “fix our eyes” on Jesus?
• How does hardship help us to endure?  Can it have an opposite result?
• What practical step can you take to live a life of endurance?

Prayer

1. Pray for each member that God would help them to endure and persevere in the faith.
2. Pray for any other concerns that your group has.

Witness

What happens to our witness in the community, when we don’t have an enduring faith?