by J. D. Walt
Daily Seeds is a different kind of Bible study. You will learn information about the Bible along the way, such as its history, context, original languages, and authors. But the goal is not educational in nature. The goal is transformation.
How to Use the Discussion Guide
Daily Seeds is a proven discipleship resource that works in a variety of contexts, including small groups. Assuming your group meets weekly, class members should read one chapter from the Romans study every day for 6 days. The 7th day of the week you will meet with your group to share, pray, and encourage one another with insights or struggles that group members encountered during the week’s readings.
The guidelines for leading a group through a Daily Seeds study are meant to be simple, each working towards the goal of transformation. In the following pages you will find a weekly guide offering a meeting structure and discussion points.
Each week encourages time to:
- Hear the Text
- Respond to the Text
- Share Insights and Implications for Discipleship
- Shape Intentions for Prayer and the Week Ahead
Whether you’re leading a group for the first time, or have been guiding discussions for years, this resource is designed to help you facilitate meaningful conversations, encourage spiritual reflection, and create a welcoming space where participants can grow in faith together.
An Invitation
I offer you an invitation through this book to journey with me and others to shift the priority of your heart and mind. Each day we will gather around a biblical text. We will invite the text of Scripture to speak both the first and the last word of our day. Write some of the text for the day in a journal or on a notecard, a whiteboard, or a chalkboard, and make it a simple act of worship to read it aloud each morning as the first word of the day and also at the close as the last word of the day. And something tells me these First-Word-Last-Word-God’s-Word paths will find their way into tomorrow and next week and next month onward, until they have become our lives.