When life gets hard
Must Haves
Eleven sessions on what a group does when life gets hard.
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Welcome
When life gets hard, healthy Christian community does more than stay friendly. We learn to rest, tell the truth, carry one another’s burdens, respect healthy limits, keep confidence wisely, make room for grief, practice communion, and remind one another where God is.
That is more than a group of people who get along. It is a community intentionally growing closer to God and to each other, with shared commitments and mutual accountability.
We carry one another’s burdens, and in doing so we fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). That is what these sessions are for.
The 11 sessions
- 1 Sabbath Genesis 2:1-3 | Hebrews 4:9-11 Day, Year, and Jubilee rest
- 2 Community 1 Samuel 17:50-58 | 1 Samuel 18:1-5 The values for connecting
- 3 Care Exodus 16:11-35 | Psalm 103:1-10 Needing God in every moment
- 4 Connect John 5:35-40 God and humanity connect in Jesus
- 5 Boundaries Genesis 1:3-8 | Matthew 18:15-17 Where one thing ends and another begins
- 6 A Safe Place Proverbs 18:10 | Galatians 6:1-2 Presence, empathy, trust
- 7 Speaking Truth in Love Ephesians 4:1-16 | Proverbs 27:6 Honest words that build trust
- 8 “Light” Conversations John 13:1-17 | John 3:20-21 Coming into the light
- 9 Practice session Communion Mark 14:22-26 | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 This is my body; this is my blood
- 10 Practice session Growing Through Grief Psalm 34:17-18 | Matthew 11:28-30 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
- 11 Manna Numbers 11:1-9 The fiction of yesterday and the fantasy of tomorrow