You Are A Father or Mother
Real Encounters with God: Downline
Discussion questions to help you unpack the message with others.
- If you could lead a campaign to declare 1 fast food restaurant as the ultimate fast food restaurant, which one would you pick? For the purposes of this discussion, any restaurant with a drive-thru is considered to be “fast food.”
- What stood out to you most from the video message?
- What’s your reaction to the idea that you can be a parent, whether or not you have biological kids?
- Where do you see the identity of father or mother showing up in your life?
- What’s a success you’ve had with one of your kids (biological or otherwise)? What’s a mistake you’ve made?
- What difficulties or baggage from your past are you carrying into your life as a parent today? Nothing you share here is too big or too small.
- Think of a person you feel responsibility for. What’s one step you can take to be a father or mother for them this week?
Prayer
Let’s end with prayer. You can say something like, “God, thank you so much for adopting us as your children. Thank you for giving us a seat at your table. Give us the faith to accept your gift, and extend that same gift to the people around us. Amen.”
Bonus Questions
Check these out if you’re on a roll and want to go a little deeper.
- What’s a relationship in your life right now you’re thinking about stepping back from (or have already stepped back from) parenting in? What’s prompting that decision?
- If you did decide to live as a parent, how do you think your life and relationships would change?
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Even if we do not have children, we are all designed to nurture something as a father/mother. Unlocking the father/mother element of our identity could be the key to helping us discover the compassionate, strong protector we were made to be.
Hosted by
Brian Tome
Senior Pastor