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DYSFUNCTIONAL WEEK 2 - LEADERSHIP COACHING [The purpose of this page is to help you sharpen your skills as a Small Group Leader. Each week we will include concepts, challenges and resources designed to assist you as you lead and shepherd your group and grow as a disciple yourself.]

Leading [learn to facilitate your group more effectively] • This week, instead of leading a group discussion time, lead your group in a time of prayer for the , and relationships in the group and in our church. • Some prayer prompts are provided on the next page that you may want to follow as you lead your group in prayer. Be sensitive to the specific needs of your group members and add or delete topics as needed • A third page is included this week with some scriptural prayers for marriages. You may want email this to your married group members or print several copies to hand out at group. You may wish to incorporate this into your group prayer time. • Remind next week’s storyteller that the story for next week is found in Ruth 2:1-23.

Shepherding [know the sheep, feed the sheep, lead the sheep, protect the sheep] • Pray for each group member and their family, and relationships this week. • If someone in your group is having a particularly difficult time with a relationship, write them a note and include scripture that will help guide them to the truth of God’s Word.

Developing [grow as a disciple yourself] • If you are married, make time this week to pray FOR your and to pray WITH your spouse. • If you are not married, pray for your family and other relationships during your prayer time this week.

______All Church [things you and your group need to know] Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program to help people deal with their hurts, habits and hang-ups. They have break out groups for men and women recovering from issues with alcohol, , sexual , and more. Celebrate Recovery meets every Thursday from 6:30pm – 9:00pm in room C550 at the Jones Road campus of The MET 13000 Jones Rd Houston, TX 77070.

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY WEEK 2 – GUIDED PRAYER

Praise God and give thanks • God for who He is and for His great love for all of us. • Thank Him for creating us to be in relationship with Him and with each other. • Thank Him for your small group and for the relationships represented here. Prepare our hearts • Pray that we would each see ourselves clearly and with come before God with humility. • Pray that God would forgive our sins (pause for a minute to allow each person to have a moment of confession and ask for the sin in their life.) • Give thanks that God is faithful to forgive us when we bring our sins to Him. Thank Him for sending Jesus to pay the penalty for our sins. Thank Him for seeing us, not as we are, but through the lens of Jesus Christ, pure and holy. Pray for the families and marriages in our church • Pray that our never-married, widowed and divorced friends will be loved and cared for by their church family and friends. • Pray for couples with children in their homes – that they would make each other a priority, and that they would be unified in raising their children to love God and others. • Pray for couples without children or whose children are grown – that they would seek God together and serve one another. • Pray for unity among as they deal with transitions and work to forge new and healthy relationships between family members. • Pray for peace and provision for single families and that they would be surrounded by people who will love and support them. • Pray for foster families to share the love of Jesus while children are in their home and that they would have patience and strength to guide the children in their care. • Pray for those homes where instead of love there is hurt, and suffering. Pray that God’s peace and presence would bring healing and wholeness. • Pray specifically for the families and marriages in your group. • Pray for the families and marriages of our pastors and staff. • Pray for the families and marriages in our church. Close • Thank God for hearing our prayer as we gather in His name. • Thank Him for always loving us and for giving us each other to love and be loved. • Pray in the holy and powerful name of Jesus Christ

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY WEEK 2 – SCRIPTURE PRAYERS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE

Scriptures to pray for your marriage • That our marriage, our relationship, would glorify God (1 Corinthians 10:31) • That God would bless and strengthen our marriage in the midst of the stresses and problems of our life (2 Corinthians 12:9) • That we would speak the truth in love to each other, honestly and openly sharing our feelings with each other (Ephesians 4:15, 25) • That we might find great delight and joy in each other (Proverbs 5:18) • That our conversations together would be full of grace (Colossians 4:6) • That we would encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11) • That God would help us to deal with those things that interfere with or hurt our relationship (Psalm 139:23-24) • That we would be kind and tender hearted to one another, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven us through Christ (Ephesians 4:32) • That we would be sensitive to the needs and hurts of each other. Enable us to minister to each other in these areas (Matthew 20:28) • That God would create within us a hunger for each other. Let us be satisfied with one another (Proverbs 5:19-20) • That God would give us a heart to seek after Him and serve Him all the days of our lives (Psalm 63:1) • That God would grant us the wisdom and power to gain and use our finances wisely (Proverbs 3:9-10) • That God would deliver us from pettiness and unforgiveness in our relationship (Matthew 18:20-21) • That we will surrender all that we are and all that we have to each other (Genesis 2:24-25) • That we would love and obey God’s Word, building our lives, marriage, and family on its truth (Psalm 119:97) • That we would be patient with each other in all the circumstances of life (1 Corinthians 13:4) • That we will be kind and gentle to each other through the ups and downs of our life together (1 Corinthians 13:4) • That we would not let any or envy gain ground in our relationship (1 Corinthians 13:4) • That we will always seek what is best for our relationship (1 Corinthians 13:5) • That we will share each other's burdens and hurts (1 Corinthians 13:5) • Enable us to overcome the pride in our lives. Set us free from the pride that will hinder and hurt our marriage (1 Corinthians 13:5) • That we would not be rude or thoughtless concerning each other (1 Corinthians 13:5) • Deliver us from the selfishness that would hinder and hurt our relationship (1 Corinthians 13:5). • That we would rejoice in each other's strengths and gifts and would pray concerning our weaknesses and sins (1 Corinthians 13:6) • That God would give us a love that bears all things, all things, and hopes all things (1 Corinthians 13:7) • That God would create in us a love that will endure the stress and problems that we will face (1 Corinthians 13:7) • , we ask that our love for one another will never fail (1 Corinthians 13:8)