What role do your emotions play in your faith? How are they helpful/unhelpful to you?
A devotional experience is one that is described as a connection with God above and through all emotion. What does it look like to connect with God amidst different emotions (or maybe not much emotion)? Share about times you’ve navigated through different emotions in your faith.
Read Matthew 13:1–22. What role does the state of a person’s heart, or their emotions, play in this parable? How can we make sure our hearts have the right kind of soil?
How does the understanding of enthusiasm vs. devotion affect how we view engaging with the rest of the world?