Cat and Dog Theology Reflection Questions

Cat and Dog Theology: Reflections 11/20/11
Small Group Discussion Questions

1. How has going through Cat and Dog Theology changed your perspective on God?

2. How has it changed your perspective on your relationship to God?

3. Is God a Jealous God? Why?

4. How has this study affected your prayers?

5. How has this study affected how you view suffering and hardships?

6. Has it changed how you see God’s blessings on your life?

7. What is the difference between a cat view on the purpose of life and the dog view on the purpose of life?

8. Where do you go from here with this knowledge?

Cat and Dog Theology Week 6 Questions

Cat and Dog Theology: Week Six (Revamped)
Small Group Discussion Questions
Text: 1 Peter 4:10-11

1. Read James 4:2-3 – What should be the criteria for when we ask for things from God?

2. Read Ezekiel 36:26-28 – What is a “cause me” prayer? What does a “cause me” ask for?

3. What is the difference between a “cause me” prayer and a regular prayer?

4. God wants us to be completely dependent on Him. How does that make you feel?

5. What does the Story of Gideon teach us about God and His purposes?

6. 1 Cor. 12:7-9 – How did Paul view his weakness? What did God teach him about his weakness?

7. Why don’t we take everything to God in prayer? Why do we only bring the big things usually?

8. How should we look at our challenges or problems? Psalm 50:15

9. Does the Holy Spirit give us power for just the big things in life? Acts 1:8

10. How best can we repay the Lord for all He has done for us?
Psalm 116:12-13

11. Why doesn’t God just do everything Himself? Why does he use us? What’s the point? He could do it better anyway.
1 Peter 4:10-11

12. What is the attitude difference between a person who listens to a missionary report and the missionary themselves?

13. What is holding you back from completely loving God and opening yourself up to what He wants for you on a daily basis?

Dog and Cat Theology Small Group Questions Week 5

Cat and Dog Theology: Week Five (Revamped Questions)
Small Group Discussion Questions
Text: Jeremiah 2:13-14

1. What is the best way for believers to point to God’s infinite glory and value?

2. Read Matt. 6:9-13 – Looking at the Lord’s Prayer from a dog perspective, what do you see? What would a Cat see in this prayer?

3. When you pray, what is predominantly the reason you pray?

4. What does God want in our prayers?

5. How can some of the things we ask for from the Lord really lead us away from the Lord not closer to the Lord?

6. Why are there so many believers that are not Joyful in their life?
Read Jer. 2:2-3, 11-13 how do these verses answer that question?

7. Does God want us to be joyful in this life? How do you know? What does it take for you to be joyful in this life? Read Psalm 100 after answering the questions. Does this change how we view joy?

8. Read Matthew 10:38 – What does God mean that we “will find our life”?

9. How can our desire for Joy in this life be too weak? Do we make compromises for temporary joy? Why? Can this be a cycle leading us away from true joy in the Lord?

10. Read Jer. 29:13-14; Prov. 2:3-4; Ps. 130:5-6; Ps. 63:1 – From these verses how would you describe the search to know God and experience the Joy in Him? Why did God make this a search not an instant gratification?

11. Why does God often get forgotten in our joyfulness? How can you magnify God in your joy in the Lord this week?






KIDS QUESTIONS:

1. How Does God Bring Joy to Your Life?

2. How Can you Bring Joy to Other Peoples Life?

3. Does God like to have you pray to Him? Why?