Life Group Resources: Inside Out 2
Opening Prayer: Begin with a prayer asking God to open hearts and minds to discuss emotions and how to bring them to Him.
Key Takeaways:
We experience a wide range of emotions, sometimes simultaneously.
All emotions are given to us by God to fully experience life.
The Book of Psalms provides ways to express our emotions to God.
God is big enough to handle all our emotions and wants us to bring them to Him.
Discussion Questions:
What emotion has been driving you this week? How has it affected your daily life and interactions with others?
The sermon mentioned Joy and Anxiety competing for control in the movie "Inside Out 2". Can you relate to feeling conflicted emotions? Share an experience.
How do you typically handle strong emotions? Do you tend to suppress them, express them, or something else?
Pastor Caressa highlighted Psalm 55 as an example of expressing raw emotions to God. How comfortable are you with being this honest in your prayers?
The sermon mentioned that God gave us emotions to fully experience life. How does this perspective change how you view your feelings, especially the difficult ones?
Discuss a time when you felt overwhelmed by emotions but didn't have the words to express them. How might the Psalms have helped in that situation?
Practical Applications:
Emotion Check-in: Take a moment each day this week to identify and name your primary emotion. Journal about it or share with a trusted friend.
Psalm Prayer: Choose one of the Psalms from the list provided in the sermon. Use it as a guide to pray about your current emotional state.
Word of the Week: Select a word from the red papers mentioned in the sermon that represents what you need right now. Place it somewhere visible and pray about it daily.
Emotion-Psalm Matching: Try to match different emotions you experience this week with specific Psalms that express similar feelings.
Closing Activity: Have each group member share one thing they learned about emotions and faith from this discussion, and one way they plan to apply it in the coming week.
Closing Prayer: Thank God for the gift of emotions and ask for His guidance in bringing all our feelings to Him.
Key Takeaways:
We experience a wide range of emotions, sometimes simultaneously.
All emotions are given to us by God to fully experience life.
The Book of Psalms provides ways to express our emotions to God.
God is big enough to handle all our emotions and wants us to bring them to Him.
Discussion Questions:
What emotion has been driving you this week? How has it affected your daily life and interactions with others?
The sermon mentioned Joy and Anxiety competing for control in the movie "Inside Out 2". Can you relate to feeling conflicted emotions? Share an experience.
How do you typically handle strong emotions? Do you tend to suppress them, express them, or something else?
Pastor Caressa highlighted Psalm 55 as an example of expressing raw emotions to God. How comfortable are you with being this honest in your prayers?
The sermon mentioned that God gave us emotions to fully experience life. How does this perspective change how you view your feelings, especially the difficult ones?
Discuss a time when you felt overwhelmed by emotions but didn't have the words to express them. How might the Psalms have helped in that situation?
Practical Applications:
Emotion Check-in: Take a moment each day this week to identify and name your primary emotion. Journal about it or share with a trusted friend.
Psalm Prayer: Choose one of the Psalms from the list provided in the sermon. Use it as a guide to pray about your current emotional state.
Word of the Week: Select a word from the red papers mentioned in the sermon that represents what you need right now. Place it somewhere visible and pray about it daily.
Emotion-Psalm Matching: Try to match different emotions you experience this week with specific Psalms that express similar feelings.
Closing Activity: Have each group member share one thing they learned about emotions and faith from this discussion, and one way they plan to apply it in the coming week.
Closing Prayer: Thank God for the gift of emotions and ask for His guidance in bringing all our feelings to Him.
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