"Welcome Home!" Discussion Guide

Main Thought

God wants His people to possess His promises. Every child of God has an inheritance from God, made up of His promises and a personal calling. Likewise, every church has a set of promises that it’s called to inherit. The Israelites had a home called the Promised Land waiting for them, but God needed to prepare them up to receive their inheritance. His agenda is to build people, not structures. God’s promises often come with a premise, or a condition: we must act in faith to seize them ourselves. As we take practical steps of faith, we unleash God’s promises for ourselves and for other people.

Main Passage

7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. 8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
- Deuteronomy 31:7-10

Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them. 2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:1-3

20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:20

Discussion Questions

  1. What’s one thing that stops us from inheriting, or receiving, the promises of God? Listen to your group members, and think about the things that stop you.

  2. What’s one “promise” that you feel God has for your life? It may be something from God’s Word, a desire that you feel He birthed in your heart, or a prophetic word spoken over you. How are you practically acting in faith to receive God’s promise?

  3. God’s promises aren’t just for us; we’re called to use our breakthrough as a blessing for others too. How might receiving your promise bless the people around you?