Small Group Resources

May 3 - 9

Sermon Series: Grow Up

Week 1: Infants

Ice Breaker if Needed

What is your earliest memory? 

Discussion Questions

1. What are infants like? How do they see the world? What is the primary goal of an infant? Read Ephesians 4:14-16. Why is Jesus not content to let us remain spiritual infants? Why should we be excited to grow in Him? Why might believers feel tempted (or simply content) to remain in the infancy stage of faith? 

2. Read Ephesians 4:11-14. What is maturity, according to these verses? What is attained in maturity? Read Ephesians 4:17-19. Growth to maturity begins when we have knowledge of right and wrong. Why do people connect “right and wrong” with “good or bad”? Why might a better way to look at right and wrong be to think of it as moving forward or being stuck? When moving forward, toward Jesus, what happens to our ideas of right and wrong? What is at the root of being spiritually “stuck”? If growing is becoming more like Jesus, what is sinning? 

3. Pray this prayer: “Holy Spirit, please show me my sin.” What is repentance? How does it create a pathway to growth? Any step away from sin is a step toward being who God created you to be. Read Ephesians 4:20-32. Identify the actions, attitudes, and renewals that signal a believer is growing up/turning away from sin. 

4. Read Romans 6:11-18. Focus on verse 13. What is the difference between doing your utmost to try very hard to not sin vs. surrendering/offering yourself to God? What are you set free from when you become a slave to righteousness (v. 20)? What happens to the foothold sin has in our lives once we surrender our hearts to the Holy Spirit? 

5. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you areas where you need to surrender your heart. Do you truly want Him to ruin the allure of sin? Describe transformation when fueled by Spirit power. What happens to the infant in us as we are transformed? Ask to be shown what is getting in the way of your growth.