{"product_id":"small-group-leader-guide-theres-more","title":"Small Group Leader Guide: THERE'S MORE","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTHERE'S MORE — Group Leader Guide\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYour Group Has Been Calling a Ceiling \"Maturity.\" This Week, They Find Out It Was Only a Box.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNo complicated curriculum to build from scratch. No hours of prep before you can lead with confidence. Just five songs, five days, and everything you need to walk your group somewhere real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIVE DAYS ESSENTIALS is the complete group leader guide for THERE'S MORE — built to make leading a music-based journey with your group as simple as pressing play.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHere's How It Works.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery Monday, a new five-song playlist drops — curated around one theme, sequenced with intention. This guide gives you everything you need to turn that playlist into a complete group experience: full theological foundation, discussion questions that go from surface to soul, experiential activities that make the music tangible, a weekly challenge, and leader guidance for the hard moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePick your format — a single 75-minute session with the full playlist, a deeper walkthrough one stop at a time, an activity-led gathering, or your own mix. This guide flexes to your group, not the other way around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis Week's Theme: THERE'S MORE.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost of us don't need a bigger program. We need a bigger God than the one we've been managing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSomebody in your group knows every song, shows up every Sunday, serves, gives, and prays the way they were taught, and quietly wonders whether this is it. Somebody else has been told they're free for twenty years and has never once felt it. Somebody prays honestly in private and goes silent in public, and calls that wisdom. And somebody is holding the best parts of their life in reserve, giving God an hour here and a prayer there, because the middle feels safer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis guide moves your group somewhere different. It starts with the honest admission that they have hit a ceiling, and it names who built it. It opens a door that was never locked from His side, and shows the difference between being told you're free and knowing it. It brings the praise people have whispered in private out into the daylight. It faces fear head-on and shows why the lukewarm middle isn't safe, just slow. And it lands on the discovery the whole week has been walking toward: the more your people have been asking for was never something God hands out. The more is Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis isn't a guide about trying harder or praying better. It's built on Ephesians 3:19 and Exodus 33, where Moses turned down the Promised Land if God's presence wouldn't go along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot more from Him. More of Him. That's THERE'S MORE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWho This Is For.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall group leaders\u003c\/strong\u003e who want a real journey for their group, not another fill-in-the-blank workbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnyone leading long-time churchgoers\u003c\/strong\u003e who know all the right answers and are quietly tired of the loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeaders who feel the ceiling too\u003c\/strong\u003e — this guide was written for leaders who are still reaching for more of Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYouth and young adult leaders\u003c\/strong\u003e who need activities that work in a loud room and cost almost nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIf you have a group and a willingness to lead honestly, this guide is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat You're Getting.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIVE DAYS ESSENTIALS: THERE'S MORE\u003c\/strong\u003e — the complete group leader guide, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront Matter\u003c\/strong\u003e — a full unpacking of what the theme means, a prayer to pray before you lead, and a Quick Start Guide with four ready-to-use session formats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoundation\u003c\/strong\u003e — the full Story, the complete arc one stop at a time, real song analysis, theological depth, and a personal reflection on why this theme matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e — all five stops in the arc, each with a song, scripture, teaching, discussion questions, and a hands-on activity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBringing It All Together\u003c\/strong\u003e — leader notes for every stop in the arc, a full closing discussion, this week's challenge, a simple daily practice rhythm, scenario-based guidance for hard moments in the room, and a personal word from JDOT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReference Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e — a memory verse card, a 75-minute quick start, frequently asked questions, and what's next for your group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFour appendixes\u003c\/strong\u003e — a printable song sheet, discussion questions organized from surface to soul, hands-on experiential activities with options for youth, large groups, and screens, and a full scripture reference index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaylist Access\u003c\/strong\u003e — Spotify and Apple Music links for the full arc and every individual song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEverything is written. All you have to do is show up and lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis Comes From a Life, Not a Curriculum Department.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn May 13, 2021, JDOT Pine died. Jesus sent him back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe came back to a calling that made no sense in a body already failing: a progressive condition that slowly takes language from a man whose entire ministry runs on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJDOT knows what it is to hit the edge of what he can say about God. And he knows what he has found every time: his words keep shrinking, and God doesn't. Every season he thinks he has reached the limit of what there is to know of Him, and every season he finds out the limit was his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis guide isn't written from the other side of the ceiling. 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