Faith and Belief

1. What is one thing about your faith that has changed in the last five years?
2. What is a question about God or the Bible that you have never fully resolved?
3. When has your faith felt most real to you?
4. What does it mean to you personally that Jesus rose from the dead?
5. If you could ask God one question and get a direct answer, what would you ask?
6. What is the hardest thing about being a Christian in your everyday life?
7. How do you handle doubt? What do you do when faith feels distant?
8. What is one thing you believe now that you did not believe five years ago?

Identity and Purpose

9. How do you describe yourself to someone who does not know you? How does your faith fit into that description?
10. What do you think God made you specifically to do or be?
11. What is the difference between who you are and who you want to be?
12. What would you do differently if you were not afraid of what people thought?
13. What does it mean to you to be made in the image of God?
14. What is one area of your life where you feel most like yourself?

Relationships and Community

15. What is the hardest relationship in your life right now?
16. Who has had the most significant influence on your faith?
17. What does it mean to you to be part of this church community?
18. What is one thing you wish people in this group knew about you?
19. How do you handle conflict with someone you care about?
20. What does forgiveness look like in practice for you?
21. Who in your life needs someone to show up for them right now?

Calling and Future

22. What do you feel called to do that you have not started yet?
23. What would you regret not doing if you looked back on your life at 80?
24. How do you make decisions when you are not sure what God wants?
25. What does faithfulness look like in your current season of life?
26. What is one way you want to grow in the next year?

Scripture and Application

27. What is a Bible verse or passage that has meant the most to you?
28. What is a teaching of Jesus that you find hardest to actually live out?
29. What is one thing from this passage that you want to apply this week?
30. What would change in your life if you fully believed this passage?

Gratitude and Struggle

31. What is something you are grateful for that you rarely say out loud?
32. What is the hardest thing you have walked through in the last year?
33. Where have you seen God show up in an unexpected way recently?
34. What is something you are carrying right now that you have not told anyone?

Evangelism and Outreach

35. Who in your life does not know Jesus?
36. What makes it hard for you to talk about your faith with people who do not share it?
37. What is one thing you could do this week to show someone the love of Jesus?
38. How do you respond when someone asks you why you are a Christian?

Prayer and Spiritual Practices

39. What does your prayer life actually look like right now?
40. What is one spiritual practice that has helped you most in your walk with God?
41. What makes it hard for you to read the Bible consistently?
42. What would you ask this group to pray for you about?

Church and Ministry

43. What is one thing you love about this church?
44. What is one way you feel called to serve that you have not acted on yet?
45. What does a healthy church look like to you?

Additional Questions

46. What is one thing God has been teaching you lately?
47. Where do you most need the support of this group right now?
48. What is one way your faith has made a practical difference in your life this week?
49. What is one thing you want to be true of your life in five years?
50. What is one thing you are thankful for that you have never said out loud in a group?

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