DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Icebreaker: What is one thing you enjoy about the holiday season?

 

Questions to Discuss: 

 

Dallas Willard’s definition of peace is; “Peace is a rest of will that comes from divine assurance about how things will turn out." Talk about how peace can mean a rest of “will"? Why is peace connected to your will?

 

In Philippians 4:6-9, Paul says to pray instead of being anxious, and to do so with thanksgiving. Do you find it difficult to give thanks when you’re going through tough times? If yes, how did today’s message affect you? If no, what enables you to give thanks and how has doing this affected you?

 

Do you ever think about your thoughts, or are they just something that happens to you? Are you purposeful with them, rejecting some and embracing others? How does your view on this affect you? 

 

Pauls gives us a formula for peace. First, when anxious, pray with an attitude of gratitude. Second, train our minds to think right. Third, do the things we learn from the Word. What action do you feel inspired to do this week to experience God’s peace in deeper ways?