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Questions for a women’s group about the season you’re in

Discussion questions for a women’s small group or women’s Bible study: easy ones while everyone settles in, the season each of you is in, grace for yourself, and how to carry each other.

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Kumustahan is a bilingual conversation card app: 1,200 questions in English and Filipino across 7 decks, with a short reflection on the back of every card.

Getting to know№ 08

Tell us about a small routine that helps you feel okay when your day feels off.

Ikuwento yung small routine na tumutulong sa'yo maging okay kapag off ang araw mo.

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A note

A routine does not have to be impressive to help. Sometimes familiar steps are enough to help you find your footing again.

Hindi kailangang impressive ang routine para makatulong. Minsan sapat na yung familiar na steps para makabalik ka sa okay.

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The questions

17 questions for a women’s group

Every question in English and Filipino/Tagalog, word for word from the Kumustahan decks. Open “Back of the card” for the reflection printed on the other side.

Settling in

4 questions

While the coffee is poured and the schedules fade a little.

  1. Name a small habit that helps you start the day with God.

    Magbanggit ng maliit na habit na nakakatulong simulan ang araw with Lord.

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    Small beginnings count. A habit does not need to be impressive to help your heart turn toward God.

    Mahalaga ang small beginnings. Hindi kailangang impressive ang habit para matulungan ang puso mong bumaling kay Lord.

  2. Where do you feel like you can finally breathe a little?

    Saan mo nararamdaman na parang nakakahinga ka na ulit?

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    The place does not have to be special to anyone else. If your body softens there, it counts.

    Hindi kailangang special sa ibang tao yung lugar. Kung doon ka lumuluwag, counted yun.

  3. Pick one small mood upgrade, like a drink, song, scent, snack, or clean space.

    Pumili ng isang small mood upgrade, like drink, song, scent, snack, o malinis na space.

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    A mood upgrade does not need to be big. Sometimes one small detail is enough to change the angle of the day.

    Hindi kailangang malaki ang mood upgrade. Minsan isang small detail lang, nag-iiba na yung angle ng araw.

  4. Tell us about a small routine that helps you feel okay when your day feels off.

    Ikuwento yung small routine na tumutulong sa'yo maging okay kapag off ang araw mo.

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    A routine does not have to be impressive to help. Sometimes familiar steps are enough to help you find your footing again.

    Hindi kailangang impressive ang routine para makatulong. Minsan sapat na yung familiar na steps para makabalik ka sa okay.

The season you’re in

5 questions

Seasons differ around the table. Hearing them is how a group prays well.

  1. Rate how your faith has felt lately: tired, okay, or steady. Then share why.

    I-rate kung kamusta yung faith mo lately: pagod, okay, or steady. Tapos share why.

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    Naming your faith honestly can be a kind of care. Tired, okay, and steady are all places God can meet you.

    Minsan caring din yung honest mong pag-amin kung kamusta faith mo. Pagod, okay, o steady, puwede kang salubungin ni God doon.

  2. Think of one part of your life where you're learning to trust God's timing.

    Mag-isip ng isang part ng buhay mo kung saan natututo kang magtiwala sa timing ni Lord.

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    Waiting can feel slow, even when you are still moving. Patience grows as you keep choosing trust one day at a time.

    Mabagal minsan ang waiting, kahit may ginagawa ka pa rin. Lumalago yung patience habang pinipili mong magtiwala one day at a time.

  3. Share one area where waiting is testing your trust.

    Mag-share ng area kung saan tine-test ng waiting ang trust mo.

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    Waiting can reveal what we fear losing. It can also become a place where trust grows slowly and honestly.

    Sa waiting, lumalabas minsan kung ano ang takot tayong mawala. Puwede rin itong maging place kung saan dahan-dahang lumalago ang trust.

  4. Which part of this season asks for more patience from you?

    Anong part ng season na ito ang humihingi ng mas mahabang pasensya sa'yo?

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    Patience is not always passive. Sometimes it is the steady work of staying kind while something takes time.

    Hindi laging passive ang patience. Minsan trabaho rin siyang manatiling mabait habang may bagay na mabagal talaga.

  5. Finish this: In this season, God is teaching me to trust Him with...

    Tapusin ito: Sa season na ito, tinuturuan ako ni Lord na magtiwala sa Kanya pagdating sa...

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    Trust often gets specific before it gets easier. Naming the area can turn vague faith into a real conversation with God.

    Madalas nagiging specific muna yung trust bago siya gumaan. Kapag pinangalanan mo kung saan, nagiging mas real yung usapan with Lord.

Grace for yourself

5 questions

For the women who are hardest on themselves, which is most of the room.

  1. Name one truth about how God sees you that is still hard for you to believe.

    Magbanggit ng isang truth tungkol sa kung paano ka tinitingnan ni Lord na mahirap pa rin paniwalaan.

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    Some truths take time to receive. You can be honest about the struggle without letting go of what God says is true.

    May truths na matagal bago matanggap. Puwede mong aminin na mahirap paniwalaan, nang hindi binibitawan yung sinabi ni Lord na totoo.

  2. Finish this: I am learning to stop punishing myself for...

    Tapusin ito: Natututo akong tigilan ang pag-punish sa sarili ko dahil sa...

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    Receiving forgiveness can include letting go of self-punishment. Grace tells the truth without letting shame become your home.

    Kasama minsan sa pagtanggap ng forgiveness ang pagbitaw sa self-punishment. Sinasabi ng grace ang truth, pero hindi nito ginagawang tahanan ang shame.

  3. Where do you need to be less harsh with yourself?

    Saan mo kailangang bawasan ang pagiging harsh sa sarili mo?

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    Being less harsh does not mean caring less. It can mean choosing a voice that helps you keep moving honestly.

    Hindi ibig sabihin na wala kang pakialam kapag hindi ka harsh. Baka mas helpful lang ang boses na hindi ka dinudurog.

  4. Pick one small kindness you can give yourself today.

    Pumili ng isang maliit na kindness na kaya mong ibigay sa sarili mo today.

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    Kindness does not need to be grand to be real. A small mercy can still change how the day feels.

    Hindi kailangang bongga ang kindness para maging totoo. Kahit maliit na mercy, puwedeng baguhin ang feel ng araw.

  5. How do you talk to yourself when you fall short?

    Paano ka makipag-usap sa sarili mo kapag nagkukulang ka?

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    The voice you use with yourself matters. It can either add weight or make room for a wiser next step.

    Mahalaga yung boses na gamit mo sa sarili mo. Puwede siyang magdagdag ng bigat o magbigay ng space para sa mas wise na next step.

Carrying each other

3 questions

End with something the group can actually do this week.

  1. Who could you ask to pray with you this week?

    Sino yung puwede mong yayain mag-pray kasama mo this week?

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    Praying with someone can make faith feel less alone. Even a simple, honest prayer together can bring comfort and courage.

    Kapag may kasama kang mag-pray, hindi masyadong lonely yung faith. Kahit simpleng honest prayer together, puwedeng magdala ng comfort at courage.

  2. Share one kind of doubt you hope your community can handle with care.

    Mag-share ng isang kind of doubt na sana kayang i-handle ng community mo with care.

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    A safe community does not panic at honest questions. It learns to hold truth and care together.

    Ang safe na community, hindi nagpapanic sa honest questions. Natututo itong humawak ng truth na may kasamang care.

  3. Tell us about a recent time serving felt joyful.

    Kuwento ng recent time na masaya mag-serve.

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    Joy in serving is worth noticing. It can show where love is becoming more than duty.

    Pansinin kapag may joy sa pag-serve. Minsan doon mo nakikita na yung love, hindi lang duty.

How to use them

Before you ask

A women’s group is often the one place in the week where someone asks how she is and waits for the answer. That makes the questions matter. The ones that work name a season rather than a mood: what is asking more patience of you right now, where is waiting testing your trust, what is God teaching you to trust Him with.

Begin gently, while people are still arriving with coffee and the week on their minds: a habit that helps someone start the day with God, a small mood upgrade, a place where she can finally breathe. Then go to the season. In a room of mothers, students, retirees and women in between, seasons are different, and hearing them is how the group learns to pray for each other well.

The third group gives grace its turn: where she could be less harsh with herself, what she keeps blaming herself for. Close by asking how the group can carry one another this week, and then do it.

Good for

  • Women’s Bible studies
  • Women’s small groups and circles
  • Morning women’s fellowship
  • Women’s retreats
  • Mentoring groups for younger women

Tips

  1. Ask one season question per meeting and give it time.
  2. Write down prayer requests and follow up by name the next week.
  3. Pair a newer member with a long-time one for the grace questions.
  4. Don’t rush to fix. A friend who listens is the point.

Decks for this

Women’s group

Frequently asked questions

What questions should you ask in a women’s group?

Questions about the season each woman is in: what needs more patience, where waiting is testing her trust, what God is teaching her. Add questions about grace for herself and how the group can support her this week.

What do you talk about at a women’s Bible study?

The passage, then how it meets each woman’s season: a truth about how God sees her that is hard to believe, an expectation that feels heavy, what she would like prayer for.

How do you build trust in a women’s small group?

Meet regularly, keep what’s shared confidential, follow up on prayer requests, and let the leader share honestly first. Trust grows from small promises kept.

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