1. What character did you relate to most in this story and why?

2. Paige had to finally come to the point where she had to admit her weaknesses and fears and continue on in God’s strength, not her own. Has there ever been a specific time in your own life when you realized you needed His strength in order to continue?

3. Have you ever been challenged to ask yourselves if you are living out God’s purpose for your life? What was your response?

4. Have you noticed that the Bible is filled with inadequate, ordinary people? What was Gideon’s response when God called him in Judges 6:15?

5. What was Esther’s reaction in Esther 4:11 to her uncle Mordecai’s request that she must go before the king and beg for mercy for him and her people?

6. What was Esther’s uncle response to her hesitation in verse 14?

7. God led Gideon to victory with only three hundred men, some trumpets, jars, and torches. Esther was able to save her people in the face of possible death. Neither of them triumphed through their own strength, but through God’s strength. The Bible is full of these kinds of stories. David was a shepherd who became the king of a nation. Rahab was a prostitute, yet because she feared God, she not only saved Israel’s spies, but she became a part of the linage of Jesus. Think of someone you know today that God has used to do extraordinary things with His power and share their story.

8. What does Paul say God determine from the very beginning of time in Acts 17:26?

9. Why did Paul say that God did this in verse 27?

10. Did you realize that He is talking about you in these verses? In the middle of your ordinary, run-of-the-mill, take-out-the-trash and drive-the-kids-to-school routine, you’ve been called by God for this time. For this moment. To make a difference in the world around you? How do you see God calling you to make a difference in your world?

11. Ashley helps to represent the extreme dichotomy between the haves and the have-nots in this world. Her eyes were opened and she was changed through the difficult experience she lived through. After reading this story, do you see your own life any differently? Do you see the world differently?