In the Pits

‍Table Talk (⅓ of meeting)   

• What’s your favorite thing to do that’s free? 
• Briefly share a high and/or low from your week. 
• How have you been taking steps of faith? What’s your biggest challenge with that? 
• Spend time in prayer through the P.R.A.Y. format:

Pause - Rest in God’s presence for 2-3 minutes in silence.

Rejoice - Take turns thanking God for how you see Him at work.

Ask - What needs are there in our group and community? Ask God to meet those needs.

Yield - Have someone invite God to speak to us through Scripture so we can live it out.

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Review the Discussion Guidelines (pg. 7 in the In the Pits journal)

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Discover what God is saying to you. (⅓ of meeting) 

Big idea: God uses our voice and giftings to encourage and warn others.

Read: Genesis 40

• What is the main point of this passage to you? 
• How did Joseph gain the confidence to interpret the dreams of others? (v 8) 
• Joseph noticed something was wrong with the men and pursued it (v 6-7). Share a time when someone noticed your need and met it. How did that make you feel? 
• God uses Joseph to both encourage and warn the others. How do you know when it’s appropriate to alert someone to a danger they don’t see (or don’t want to)? 
• Based on what you know of others in this group, what gifts do you notice in them? 

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Go do it. (⅓ of meeting) 

• God uses our voice and giftings to encourage and warn others.

1. What are some pain points you notice in the people and places you see every day? 
2. Based on your life experience, gifting, and abilities, how might God be prompting you to meet those needs?
3. What step is God prompting you to take this week? Make an “I will…” statement. 

Close by worshiping God through song. Recommended: Send Me by Bethel Music.