Living Free small groups’ help participants gain insight into how a life-controlling problem develops and how it can be overcome through a relationship with Jesus.
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Participants in this group will learn to use scripture to build faith and biblical coping methods for facing fear and anxiety. Group members being controlled or held back by anxiety, fear and worry will be pointed to Jesus for comfort and increased freedom.
This group will focus on helping the participants overcome disappointments and setbacks which have arrested or are presently hindering their emotional and spiritual development. Participants will gain an understanding of how they can be set free to grow and become all that God has designed them to be.
Participants in this group will focus on growing spiritually as they work together to confront the deception and overcome the temptation of sexual sin. This behavior most often occurs in secret, so it is easy for people who struggle in this area to hide and have difficulty finding help. This is not an easy journey and some experience detours and breakdowns along the way. This is why Jesus has called us to be a caring community who help one another. This group will be a safe place for participants to share without fear of embarrassment.
The Insight Group is to help each participant who struggles with life-controlling problems or for those who want to avoid them. The main goal is to have them grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. It can help group members discover how life-controlling issues develop and learn how to identify the spiritual and emotional conditions that contribute to problems in their own life or in the life of someone they know. This group is centered on 2 Peter 1:3-11 and the path to developing Christian character. This group will have participants look at the attitudes of "those people" vs "our people" and help build relationships around "Us" instead of "Them".
This group will deal with many types of loss including the loss of employment, loss of relationship, loss of freedom, through incarceration or the loss of a loved one. Participants will identify the losses they have suffered in life and begin to understand the impact these have on the the way they live. As the group members share and search the Bible together, they will discover different options to deal with loss and dissapointment in a more constructive way.
This group offers a clear explanation of anger, what causes it, and how to recognize when you are sinning with anger.
Some of the content includes: beginning steps in managing anger, methods to help you control your anger in your
relationships and ten steps for preventing anger's control in your life.
The participants in this group will focus on learning to resolve conflict using four basic Biblical principles; Glorify God, instead of focusing on our own desires or dwelling on what others may do. Get the log out of your eye, instead of blaming others for a conflict or resisting correction. Gently restore, instead of pretending that the conflict doesn't exist or talking to about others behind their backs. Go and be reconciled, instead of accepting premature compromise or allowing relationships to wither. The curriculum for this group will show how these principles can be applied in the home, workplace, church and neighborhood. As group participants learn to deal with conflict in a Biblical way, they will develop an entirely new approach and instead of reacting to disputes in a confused, defensive or angry manner they will be equiped to manage conflict confidently and constructively.
This material for this group offers a clear explanation of anger and what causes it. Participants will learn to recognize when they are sinning with anger. Additional content which will be covered includes; beginning steps in managing anger, methods to help control anger in your relationships and ten steps for preventing anger’s control in your life.
This group also known as Concerned Persons will encourage participants to focus on Christ rather than the behavior of their loved one. Participants will learn there is hope in the midst of the pain and suffering as they watch the consequences of a loved one’s unhealthy choices. Group members will go to the Bible for direction on how to take care of themselves by keeping their eyes on Jesus.
The Insight Group is to help each participant who struggles with life-controlling problems or for those who want to avoid them. The main goal is to have them grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. It can help group members discover how life-controlling issues develop and learn how to identify the spiritual and emotional conditions that contribute to problems in their own life or in the life of someone they know. This group is centered on 2 Peter 1:3-11 and the path to developing Christian character. This group will have participants look at the attitudes of "those people" vs "our people" and help build relationships around "Us" instead of "Them".
The participants in this group will learn to use scripture to build faith and biblical coping methods for facing fear and anxiety. Group members being controlled or held back by anxiety, fear and worry will be pointed to Jesus for comfort and increased freedom.