Session 1: Find The Strength To Start

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Putting It Together Again When It's All Fallen Apart: Saddleback Small Group Series

Tom Holladay | Saddleback Church | Lumivoz

10 episodes

3 months ago

Life crises can throw you into a tailspin, a lost job, a failed relationship, a struggling business, a financial mess. Where do you start? How do you pull it together? How do you begin again? Tom Holladay experienced a catastrophe first-hand when a sudden flood in California destroyed his home, his church, and the homes of many church members. Tom and his congregation had to rebuild, and they used the principles in the book of Nehemiah to get back on their feet. Now a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, Tom will help you discover seven principles for putting it together again that will give you the direction you need to get rolling on that fresh start. Holladay will walk you through seeing every problem as an opportunity, facing the obstacles head on and taking your first step, knowing how to expect and reject opposition, build on your success, and dedicating yourself to the One who rebuilds our souls. The task of starting again can seem impossible. And sometimes you just need to rebuild your confidence and regain a sense of purpose. If you're trying to find the emotional energy, but you just don't have it in you, let Tom Holladay encourage you. He understands how difficult and rewarding the business of rebuilding is. Download the study guide with each episode. And of course, check out the book "Putting It Together Again When It's All Fallen Apart" by Tom Holladay on Amazon or your favorite bookstore.

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Session 1: Find The Strength To Start

Putting It Together Again When It's All Fallen Apart: Saddleback Small Group Series

9 minutes

3 years ago

Session 1: Find The Strength To Start

When you've just suffered loss, crisis, or disaster, how can you get your life put back together? How can you become a rebuilder when you're still reeling from the loss? Tom Holladay shares from the Bible beginning in the book of Nehemiah how to be encouraged to become a rebuilder.

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD

If you’re meeting for the first time as a group, go around the room and share your name, where you were born, and something about your life.
What picture comes to your mind when you hear the word rebuild?

KEY VERSE

The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding.

Nehemiah 2:20

DISCOVERY QUESTIONS

Remember, it’s not vital to get to every question every week. The goal is to find just one question that prompts some good discussion and encouragement.

What is it that you would like to put together again?
How do you find yourself reacting to your problems right
now—with faith, doubt, fear, anxiety, hope, or some other
response?
Is there a place in your life where you are currently
mourning a loss?
How has prayer helped you see an opportunity for faith?
What do you do when you don’t feel full of faith as you pray?

LIVING ON PURPOSE

God’s five purposes for each of us are evangelism, discipleship, fellow- ship, ministry, and worship. In this section, we’ll look at how we can take practical steps to fulfill one of those purposes based on the truths we’ve looked at in this study.

WORSHIP

Plan to do a one-day fast in the week ahead or to have a more extended time in prayer if you’re not able to fast. Start by focusing on who God is and then open your heart to what he wants to impress on you about who you are.

A tip on this one: If all you’re hearing are negatives about you, listen more closely. God is love, and he has words of encouragement as well as correction for his children.

PRAYING TOGETHER

Ask for God’s strength and blessing in those “this is what I want to put together again” areas that each group member shared.