Small Group Bible Studies

OU Baptist Student Union

Growing as a Christian can be difficult on your own. We believe that small groups can help you on your way! Students meet in small groups throughout the week to study God’s Word and to encourage each other. Covering a wide variety of topics, these student-led groups are a great way to dive deeper into the Bible and to get to know other students.

Small Group Bible study also offers a safe place to get your questions answered. If a small group setting is new to you, you'll be surprised how quickly you'll be helping others find answers as well. Asking pastors during weekly church services isn't usually possible or practical, so you may leave fed, but still a little hungry. When you are involved in a small group of other believers with varying backgrounds, chances are at least one other person in that group will be able to answer your specific questions. Certainly, as a group, you can determine to research and find answers to questions that cannot be answered in your regular meeting times. And aren't two or three or more heads better than one?

In your small group, you can also share your needs. At first, you may not feel comfortable sharing intimate details of your life, and you don't need to. But small group members exist to care for one another and to join in lifting one another's burdens before the Lord. Even if all you are willing to share is, "pray for me," then at least you can go out with the confidence that someone else is in fact praying for you. And God is listening.

Prayer is another area in which the "Small Group Bible Study" format can help you to grow. Afraid to pray out loud in a group? That's OK! No one will force you to pray out loud. (If they do, you just may be in the wrong group!) But as you listen to others sharing their hearts before God, you will be amazed at what the Spirit may prompt you to do. Week after week, as group members share answers to prayer, you'll be built up in your own personal ability to trust God to meet your needs. And as any small group veteran will tell you, the greatest blessing comes in ministering to the needs of another small group member. In addition, the Bible has specific things to say about the power of praying in a group. In Acts 12:1-18 we see that Peter was miraculously let out of prison by an angel as a small group gathered in a house and prayed for him. In time, you'll come to see your small group Bible study as a safe place to go when you hurt, as well as when you want to share exciting victories in your life. Stories of help and healing abound in small group settings. The Bible says:

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:25 NIV)

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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28, NIV