Icebreaker
“Share a time when a delay or pause in your life — something you didn’t want — ended up being God’s mercy protecting or redirecting you.”
Discussion Questions
1. Mercy in the Midst of Judgment
Revelation 7:1–3 (NLT)
What do these verses reveal about God’s character? How do you see His mercy active even when justice is being served?
2. God’s Pause as an Invitation
Where in your life right now might God be calling a mercy pause — holding back what could be chaos until your heart catches up to His will?
3. Grace That Governs the Mind
Romans 12:2 (NLT)
How does letting the Spirit “change the way you think” build an unshakeable life? What’s one thought pattern God has been transforming in you lately?
4. Living by the Spirit vs. the Flesh
Galatians 5:22–25 (NLT)
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control…”
How does living by these fruits make us steady when the world shakes?
5. Grace That Extends Through Us
If God’s mercy pauses are about giving others space to respond, how can we mirror that mercy toward people in our own lives who frustrate or fail us?
Prayer Focus
Pray for:
- A renewed sensitivity to the pauses of mercy in our lives.
- A mind continually transformed by the Spirit.
- Grace to extend mercy to others as freely as we’ve received it.
Suggested Closing Prayer:
“Lord, thank You for Your mercy pauses — those moments when You hold back judgment and give us space to grow. Transform our minds by Your Spirit so we can live unshaken in a shaking world. Teach us to see delay as grace and to reflect Your mercy in how we treat others. Amen.”
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