Three-thirds quide

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Prayer

 * Pray, praising God for each one and for time in His Word.

Care

 * Ask "What are you thankful for this week?"
 * Ask "What are you struggling with and how can we help?"
 * minister to one another's needs in prayer, biblical consuel and encouragement.

Accountabiblity

 * Ask "How did you apply the lesson from last week? How did it go for you?"
 * Ask "Who did you share the story with, and what was their response?"
 * Encourage mutual, loving accountability about how they were followers of Jesus (obeyed the Bible lesson last week) and fishers of men (witnesses) since the last meeting.

Vision Casting

 * Share a vision of what God has designed them to become and what He plans to do through them. Examples: Matthew 4:19.

Context

 * Facilitator briefly explains the passage background.

Read

 * Facilitator reads the passage twice as others listen.

Ask Questions

 * What captured your attention? What did you like best?
 * Why?

Read

 * Facilitator reads the passage again.
 * Remind members that one will tell the story from memory.

Tell and Correct

 * A member is selected and tells the passage from memory.
 * Others correct and add to the telling of the story from memory.
 * Facilitator confirms accuracy from the text.

Find Purpose

 * The group agrees on the purpose of the passage according to the passage text.
 * These questions may help clarify:
 * What does it tell us about God?
 * What does it tell us about people?
 * What does it tell us about living to please God?

Obey

 * Ask, "How will you obey?"
 * Members respond by writing down a specific "I will ..." statement.
 * Members share their statement with the group.
 * Ask, "Who will you tell this story to?"
 * Members write down the name of one person they will tell the passage.

Vision and Prayer

 * Affirm the vision of multiplication. Ask God to empower each person with the Holy Spirit to be a faithful follower of Jesus and to fish for men.
 * Members pray for one another, thanking God for what they have learned and asking for success for one another in applying it through the power of the Holy Spirit.