CONVERSATION STARTERS
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. These prompts have been designed to help Community Groups grow in their relationship with God, with one another, and with their neighbors. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource to you. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.

1. What stood out to you from the sermon?

2. Paul is providing leadership to this church in Philippi - how does he lead his church well in this passage? Are there ways Paul relates to his ‘team’ that you can display more in your work and home life?

3. Read Philippians 1:9-10. In what way does he hope for growth in the church, and why do you think it’s so important?

4. As you look over this passage, does the tone fit what you would expect from an author who is writing from prison? When you feel you are in an emotional ‘prison’, how easy is it for joy and love to abound in your life? What helps it to break through?

PRAYER PROMPT
Spend time on gratitude as a way to choose joy. Recognize God’s provision and all you have to be thankful for over the last year.

Title: Joy Is Here
Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11
Speaker: Gabe Coyle, GabeC@ChristCommunityKC.org

"Wherever you are, really, anywhere in life, at some point, you gotta get outta there. You’re at work; you wanna get home. You’re at home. “I’m working all week. I gotta get out.” You’re out, and it’s late. “I gotta get back.” “I gotta get up.” “I gotta get to the airport.” “When are we getting on the plane?” Plane takes off. “When’s the plane gonna land?” Plane lands. “Why don’t they open the door so we can get out?”
Nobody wants to be anywhere. Nobody likes anything. We’re cranky, we’re irritable, and we’re dealing with it by constantly changing locations. "
- Jerry Seinfeld

“Joy is when someone is glad to be with me.”

>> Biblical Formula For Joy:

Time / Mutual Delight in God + Mutual Delight in Church Family = Joy