This guide is designed to help your group create a space for genuine connection and conversation within your discussion time. Don't feel pressured to address every question each week. Instead, allow the Holy Spirit to guide you as you lead your group in uncovering what God intends to communicate during your time together.

This guide comprises three sections: Loving, Learning, and Living. Each section aims to steer your conversation towards meaningful discussions about spiritual growth as individuals and as members of the body of Christ.

First moments together as a group to connect and pray (approx. 10-15 min).

• How have you seen God at work in your life since the last time we met?
• What has been one high and one low since the last time we met?
• How did you do with living out what we talked about last time we met?

Open with prayer and invite God to be part of your conversation and relationship.

The majority of the group discussion is devoted to open dialogue, reflecting on God’s Word and its personal application to each of our lives (approx. 60-75 min).

Scripture References from Message: Nehemiah 1, 2:17-18; Matthew 9:35-38
Big Idea from Message: Every movement of rebuilding starts with a burden and a call from God.

Start by reflecting together on the past year of 2025 as a group. Does it feel like a year in ruins? If not the entire year as a whole, maybe just some parts? What are you hoping for in the new year? In what ways do you need God to show up in your ruins to rebuild them?

Pastor Tyler reminded us that the city of Jerusalem was where the Temple of God resided; the epicenter of all God’s special activity and nearness to the Israelites. Having it left in ruins was clearly heartbreaking. What would you say is your epicenter where God feels closest to you and His presence is most felt? Has that ever been taken away or lost? How did it make you feel? If it hasn’t been taken away or lost, how would you react if the place where you feel closest to God is tampered with?

The Big Idea this week was “Every movement of rebuilding starts with a burden and a call from God.” What areas of your life need rebuilding? If you’re not sure, what are some ways you can begin opening yourself up to what God might want to show you?

Read Matthew 9:35-38. In what ways does this show us what Jesus has in mind when it comes to rebuilding? What is our role and how can we participate with Jesus right now?

Read Nehemiah 2:17-18. In this part of the story, the people of God who are moved by God, rise up and take action. What does it tell us about how we should respond to crises, injustice, ruin and destruction?

The challenge for the week ahead is to grow in our faith and lovingly hold each other accountable through the community.

This week, pay attention to what weighs on your heart. That burden may be God’s invitation. Begin with prayer. Take time to honestly seek God, confess what needs to be confessed, and trust Him with what you are carrying.

Join the church in 30 Days of Prayer by downloading the BridgePoint app and following along each day with the whole church. Then take one concrete step of obedience. Use what God has already placed in your hands and act where He is calling you to rebuild.
Pray first. Trust God’s favor. Act faithfully.