Subgroup into smaller groups of 2-4 for deeper sharing during application or prayer.- Divide the sexes. Split up the men and women for portions of the study of for prayer and accountability.
- Meet between meetings. Guys or gals go out to breakfast or lunch together during the week.
- Get accountable. Ask some tough questions and expect people to share what’s really true.
- Serve together. Serving is one of the best environments for growing spiritually.
- Purposely get out of your comfort zones. What’s a God-sized plan for your group?
- Desire to grow! People grow when they are committed to it. Make a commitment as a group.
- Read the Word. Without any study guides. Just read a book of the Bible a chapter at a time and discuss how to live it out.
- Do a daily devotion together. Find a daily devotional such as Oswald Chambers’s My Utmost for His Highest, and as a group commit to reading it every day. Use Facebook, Twitter, texting, or email to discuss what you’re reading and learning.
- Retreat. Get away on a spiritual retreat together as a group. Plan to meet as a group with God there.
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