Date: March 29, 2026
Session Title: God is Faithful
The Point: God is faithful to His people and His promises.
Podcast—Bible Studies for Life: Adults
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Additional Questions
Optional, thoughtfully crafted questions designed to warm up group conversation and guide engagement throughout each Bible passage—helping your group think critically, connect personally, and process Scripture through a clear biblical lens.
Icebreakers
- What’s the biggest secret you’ve ever kept?
- What are some good mottos to live by?
- What qualities do you look for in a friend or leader?
Deuteronomy 7:6-8. God is faithful to His people.
- How do these verses challenge the idea that we earn God’s favor?
- How does God’s faithfulness help us understand His character?
- What can we share about our experience and living in God’s faithfulness?
Deuteronomy 7:9-11. God is faithful to His covenant.
- How does verse 10 shape our understanding of sin and the consequences of turning away from God?
- What are some practical differences between someone who loves God and someone who hates God?
- How have you observed that God is faithful to His covenant?
Deuteronomy 7:12-16. We are to respond to God’s faithfulness with obedience.
- How do the physical blessings promised to Israel compare with the spiritual blessings found in Christ?
- How do we balance the promise of blessing with the reality of hardship and suffering?
- What are some practical ways we can show our love for God through obedience?
Additional Teaching Options
Optional teaching ideas that incorporate current news, cultural trends, and real-world illustrations to help your group engage more deeply and view today’s issues through a clear biblical lens.
Getting Started
Read after RECAP:
Faithfulness sits at the heart of every meaningful relationship—marriage, family, friendships. It’s the choice to stay present, committed, and loyal through both joy and challenges. And yet, in a world marked by temptation and fragile relationships, faithfulness doesn’t always come easily.
Our culture offers plenty of advice on how to stay faithful: communicate openly, keep your promises, show appreciation, support one another. Those are good things—worth practicing. Do them! Still, even our best efforts fall short because we’re human.
God, however, is faithful in a way no one else is. He never breaks His promises. He never walks away from His people. His faithfulness doesn’t depend on our performance—it flows from His character. Where have you seen God’s faithfulness at work in your own life?
Get Into the Study (Option for Adult Leader Guide)
In advance, play a song about God’s faithfulness. Invite the group to pray during the song, thanking God for His faithfulness in their own lives.
Study the Bible (Option for Daily Discipleship Guide Leader Guide)
As you discuss what it means that God is a covenant-keeper, play a song about God’s faithfulness such as “Faithful Now” by Vertical Worship, “Trust in God” by Elevation Worship, or “Firm Foundation” by Maverick City Music. Encourage the group to listen closely to how the lyrics speak to the faithfulness of God and to write words on the whiteboard that come to mind when they consider God’s faithfulness to them.
Live It Out
Read after GUIDE, Destroy God’s Enemies—
It can be hard to give up bad habits, even when we know that they are destroying ourselves or our relationship with God. They slowly erode at the foundation of our lives and our faith. Here are a few ways that we can not only identify but eliminate bad habits from our lives.
- Identify Your Cues and Rewards. Reinforce the desire to give up the habit by giving yourself a reward when you succeed. Don’t punish, as that just leads to guilt and shame.
- Use If-Then Planning. Make a specific plan for when the urge hits.
- Add Friction to the Bad Habit. Put “steps” between you and your bad habit. Delete apps or phone numbers to make it harder to swipe, call or scroll. Lock the snack drawer, and hide the key.
- Ride Out the Urge Without Acting. The more you can not act on the habit, the easier it will get over time. The urge will get less and less until one day, you don’t notice it.
- Build a Competing Response. Identify a physical action that’s incompatible with the habit and perform it whenever the urge arises.
- Anchor New Habits to Existing Ones. Tie your new behavior with something that you already do every day. For example, after drinking your cup of coffee in the morning, do your devotions.
- Expect a Nonlinear Timeline. Some habits take longer than others. And, give yourself grace—just because you give in one day, try again the next day.
What is a habit that you feel God is asking you to give up, in order to strengthen your relationship with Him? It might be overeating, pornography, gossiping, or judging others, to name a few. Which one of the above suggestions do you feel would help you the most? Why? [Source: How to Break Bad Habits: Steps That Actually Work—ScienceInsights]
The week’s writer for Extra is Erika Morrison. Erika is the daughter of missionary parents. She lives in Southwest Michigan, where she serves as the executive director of a human services non-profit, and speaks regularly on poverty culture, and having a relationship with Jesus.
[Linked material and sources serve as background illustration only and does not imply endorsement beyond our biblical application.]
In spite of the disclaimer, I don’t think that citing a source from marriage.com is not appropriate for this setting. If you go to the link, you’ll find a picture of a gay couple being used an example of faithfulness. I find it ironic to use such an example in light of the fact that this week’s passage warns about the influence of the culture of around us and that God told the Israelites that they needed to take drastic measures to remove ungodly beliefs.
Hi Steve, Thank you for commenting. You’re right. I clicked and reviewed this page but didn’t scroll all the way down. I made a mistake and I’m sorry for the confusion. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention. I’m already looking at ways we can be more diligent and more faithful in this area. We want to keep offering these extra resources and news/culture references, but you’re also right to expect that these resources should fit our mission and purpose. I regret this happend. I have addressed the issue on the page. If you look again, you’ll find a similar illustration to start the session but the warm-up idea has been rewritten and does not contain a source or link. Going forward, we will be more careful than ever. Please let me know if I can make it right in some other way. Thank you for commenting, for letting us know, and for being part of the BSFL family. Thank you.
After clicking the link “what does being faithful mean: 15 relationship rules” it takes you to marriage.com and number 9 on that link is using a gay couple as an example.
I don’t know if someone just didn’t check this out fully but it isn’t doing Lifeway a good service to have my Sunday school teachers contacting me and asking me what is going on with this.
I would love to hear back from you concerning this.
Thanks,
Hi Tim, Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our attention. We’re truly sorry for the confusion and concern this caused, and we appreciate you–and your Sunday school teachers–being diligent to let us know. You’re right to expect that any additional resources we link to are consistent with Lifeway’s convictions. In this case, I personally did not review that external link thoroughly enough, and I regret that oversight. I’m grateful you pointed this out, and I have addressed the issue. I rewrote the illustration and cut the link completely. Going forward, we will be more careful and intentional in how we review and share free, supplemental resources so that they reflect both our theological commitments and our desire to serve churches well. I hate how this came about and wish it had never happened. I’m sorry. Please let your teachers know this and let me know how I can improve going forward. We are literally looking at how to improve this process going forward so as to not have it happen again. Thank you for speaking up and for partnering with us in ministry. We value your trust and want to be faithful stewards of the resources we provide to help you lead well.
I noticed that there was a format change. In the past there was more commentary for each passage. Is this a permanent change or is this just for this series?
Thanks
Tim
Hi Tim, thanks for writing and for your question. The format for Bible Studies for Life hasn’t changed. Each session still includes commentary to help leaders understand the passage and guide discussion.
What can vary from study to study is how that commentary is emphasized within the session, but the purpose and approach remain the same—helping groups engage God’s Word clearly and faithfully. If you’d like to let me know which guide you’re using, I would be happy to dig in a bit deeper to be sure about your specific concern. Any further details you can give as well would be helpful around session and exact section of Bible passage. Thank you, Tim.