Renovate! Discussion Guide

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RENOVATE

Life Group Discussion Guide

October 2013

Here’s the description of this month’s message series:

Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.  ~ Colossians 3:10, NLT

Anyone who's ever been through a renovation knows the process can be messy, dusty, and a little frustrating…but on the other side of all that activity it seems everything changes. Rooms, levels, even whole buildings can find new life and purpose, making the journey of renewal more than worth the wait and pain of remodeling.

One of the incredible things about God's great love for us is that when we encounter Him, He begins to renovate our lives. Things can get messy and a little challenging, but we find ourselves being made into what he designed us for all along.

Join us throughout the RENOVATE series where we'll examine what it looks like to ask God to look into each room of our lives as the master architect that He is, expecting Him to make us new from the inside out. Along the we way, we'll experience the incredible adventure of being re-formed by the Holy Spirit, released into new life and purpose we may never have known existed.

• What Scripture from the series’s messages has God been brining to mind? How has this been encouraging? Convicting? Perspective-changing?
  
• What specific aspect of ‘renovation’ was discussed this week? How did this resonate with you? What about this discussion was especially challenging or uncomfortable?
  
• What thoughts or ideas from the messages have stuck out to you the most?
  
• Have you ever experienced him renovating aspects of your life? How would you explain that process to others? What are the best parts of this renovation? The hardest?

• How is God revealing Himself as the architect of your life in this season?  Has he identified areas he would like to renovate right now? How can your Group members be praying for you in this?
  
• Based on what you’ve heard and discussed, what do you think God is calling you to do or become...
• ...as an individual?
• ...as part of community (family, workplace, neighborhood, etc.)?
• ...as a local church?
  
  What does it look like to start taking action on these things?