Tuesday 23rd February

Spiritual Disciplines

Week 1 - Introduction and Contemplation

Opening discussion about the practice

You can find all the information about the practice, and loads of resources relating to the sermon series at stthomas.church/disciplines.

How did you find the talk on Sunday?

How did you find the practice this week? Was it hard? Easy? Enjoyable? Did you feel God was speaking to you in any way about your life through the sermon or the practice?

This may be as far as your group gets. If so, that's fine!

Bible study

Read 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 together.

What is the old covenant, and how is the new covenant - which we're invited into through the cross - different?

In the new covenant we have direct access to God through Jesus. We're invited to 'contemplate' His glory. What routines and disciplines do you have in your life to do this? (eg. routines of praying, giving, fasting, worshiping, studying the bible).

Do you always find these easy? If not, how do you keep going with them when life gets hard or when there are a lot of calls on your time?

Prayer & community

How would you like to grow in Jesus in the coming sermon series?

Is there anything you'd like the group to hold you accountable with in the coming weeks?

Closing prayer

Almighty God, 

in Christ you make all things new: 

transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, 

and in the renewal of our lives 

make known your heavenly glory; 

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.