Springs of Life Cedar Rapids

Wait and Hasten

Questions For The Road:   1. Are there areas in your life where you have been passively stalling instead of moving forward? What is one practical way you can "roll your sleeves up" this week to actively pursue God's peace and grow in His grace? 2. Is your heart fully fixed on the new future God is building for you, or are you still tempted to glance back at past hurts, old habits, or former ways of living? How does knowing that Christ has already made you holy and secure give you the confidence to keep your eyes locked on Him today? 3. How does knowing that God isn't rushing or angry—but is graciously giving people time to "turn and return" to Him—bring relief to your heart today? How might that same grace encourage you to gently share His kindness with someone else this week?

Doing Due Diligence

Questions for the Road 1. Directional Growth - Where do you see growth happening in your life right now? Increasing measure—direction not perfection. 2. Spiritual Vitality/Fruitfulness - Where do you feel spiritually fruitful, and where do you feel stagnant? Reflecting verse 8: the contrast between the fruitful and the unfruitful. 3. Restored Vision - Where do you need God to restore vision? Tying to verse 9: Addressing blindness, shortsightedness, and clarity. 4. The Gospel Core/Remember - What part of the gospel do you need to remember today? Peter’s final warning: Remembering the cleansing of past sins.

Grow Thru What You Go Thru

Questions for the Road: 1. When faced with unfair accusations or opposition, how can you shift your focus away from defending yourself and toward honoring God and sharing His grace?  2. Instead of asking God 'Why is this happening to me?', what changes in your heart when you begin to ask, 'God, how are you using this to refine me?  3. How can you actively rejoice and glorify God today, not after your trial is over, but right in the middle of what you are going through?

Living Like God's People

QUESTIONS FOR THE ROAD What are the specific "fleshly desires" that war against your soul, and how do they manifest in your life? When unbelievers observe my daily life, speech, and work ethic, do they see "honorable conduct" that points to God? Do I crave God’s Word? If not, what is currently crowding out my appetite for spiritual nourishment?

God, On Demand

Relating to God primarily as the Almighty Provider is decidedly one-dimensional, and misses out on experiencing the real treasure.  QUESTIONS FOR THE ROAD 1. In what ways have you placed yourself at the center of the “Consumer Cosmos”? What are the good things you have turned into the greater things, above God as your treasure? 2. Reflect on God as your treasure. How has the revelation of God being the “only thing of value” in this life changed you? 3. Write out how you have experienced God as your treasure in your life. God’s faithfulness, presence, provision, healing, etc…