Finding Peace Discussion Guide

Warm-Up Question

What was one highlight from your Christmas or New Year celebrations?

Main Thought

God wants to bring peace to a world that lacks it, because the peace in our world is broken. We’re in a pandemic that has affected everyone. Other bad things happen that destroy our peace as well. When our peace is broken, the broken pieces inside us - our flaws - can be revealed. But we can still learn to press into God’s peace! Pressing into peace starts when we decide to keep on doing the right thing. We need to look and listen for God along the way. These things prepare us to act in faith and encounter God. Peace comes from God; as we draw close to Him, we’ll experience His peace. It’s the peace of God that calms our inner turmoil and enables us to answer God’s call.

Main Passages

14 And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?” 15 And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.” 16 And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 17 And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18 Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.”
- Judges 6:14-18

23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.” 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
- Judges 6:23-24

The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:5-7

Discussion Questions

  1. Do you have peace around you? Do you have peace inside you?

  2. What, if anything, makes it difficult for you to “press into peace”? Why?

Family Questions

  1. What does it feel like when you have peace? How can God help you find peace?