GROWTH GROUP / PERSONAL REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1. Have you seen Hamilton? What appears to be Hamilton's reason(s) for discontent? How doe's his wife balance his discontent? Prompting us to consider what are the reasons for our own discontent? How does the spiritual discipline of thanksgiving counteract discontent?
2. Have you ever fully considered how complex, finely tuned, and fragile life is? By considering these things, how might these things point us towards God? What might this mean for your own faith?
3. If God the Creator, cared enough to create this finely tuned biosphere called earth and created the finely tuned human body for life, why do we question God's providence for our own lives? How might we overcome our own personal insecurities as they relate to God's providence?
4. Do you tend to focus on the past, the present, or the future? By doing so, how is that a strength? How is that a weakness? Why does Jesus encourage us to focus on today and how might that be a blessing?