CHEW Guides for Every Setting

Whether you’re CHEWing on God’s love alone or in community, these guides provide clear, practical steps to help you experience transformation wherever you are. Use the guide that fits your context—or mix and match as your journey grows.

1. For Individuals

Purpose:
To help you build a personal habit of CHEWing on God’s love, moving truth from your head to your heart.

How to Start:

• Set aside a few minutes daily (morning, lunch, or before bed).
• Use a CHEW Journal or Habit Stacking Card as your prompt.

Simple Process:

1. Confess: What am I feeling, fearing, or facing today?
2. Hear: What does God’s Word say about this?
3. Exchange: If I truly believed God loves me right now, how would that change my perspective or response?
4. Walk: What’s one step I can take, trusting His love?

Tips:

• Use a Streak Tracker to celebrate consistency.
• Try a Core CHEW before meals or transitions.
• Reflect in writing, aloud, or silently—whatever fits your style.

2. For Triads (Groups of 3)

Purpose:
To foster deep accountability, encouragement, and spiritual growth through honest sharing and prayer.

How to Start:

• Invite two others to join you (in person or online).
• Meet weekly or biweekly for 30–60 minutes.

Meeting Flow:

1. Each person shares one or two CHEWs from their week (use the four steps).
2. Listen, encourage, and pray for one another.
3. Rotate who facilitates each time.
4. Use the CHEW Triad Guide for sample questions and prompts.

Tips:

• Keep sharing honest and grace-filled.
• Celebrate progress, not perfection.
• Use group texts to share mini-CHEWs or encouragements between meetings.

3. For Small Groups

Purpose:
To build community and spiritual depth by weaving CHEW into your group’s rhythm.

How to Start:

• Begin or end each meeting with a Core CHEW (2–3 minutes).
• Integrate CHEW prompts into Bible study discussions.

Meeting Flow:

1. Welcome & Prayer
2. Core CHEW Together (everyone reflects or shares)
3. Bible Study/Discussion (apply CHEW questions to the passage)
4. In-the-Moment or Clarity CHEW on a real-life issue or prayer need
5. Share CHEW insights (optional)
6. Prayer & Encouragement
7. Weekly CHEW Challenge

Tips:

• Use CHEW Journals, Habit Stacking Cards, or Bingo Cards for engagement.
• Rotate leadership to build ownership.
• Make sharing optional—silent reflection is just as valuable.

4. For Sunday School Classes

Purpose:
To help your class move from information to transformation, making God’s love real in everyday life.

How to Start:

• Integrate a short CHEW after Scripture reading or discussion.
• Use CHEW as a reflection or journaling exercise.

Class Flow:

1. Welcome & Prayer
2. Read passage or discuss topic
3. Pause for a group CHEW (Confess, Hear, Exchange, Walk)
4. Small group or pair discussion (optional)
5. Closing prayer & CHEW Challenge for the week

Tips:

• Provide CHEW Journals and Streak Trackers.
• Keep sharing safe and optional—journaling or silent reflection works well.
• Use “CHEW & Tell” stories to encourage participation.

5. For Campus Ministries

Purpose:
To make CHEW a natural, flexible part of large group, small group, and outreach life on campus.

How to Start:

• Open or close large group meetings with a Core CHEW.
• Use CHEW prompts in small groups, discipleship, and service events.

Integration Ideas:

• Start meetings with a 2-minute CHEW reflection.
• Use CHEW as a debrief after teaching, outreach, or service.
• Send weekly CHEW prompts in group chats or on social media.
• Encourage students to pair CHEWs with daily routines using Habit Stacking Cards.

Tips:

• Keep CHEW short and simple—2–5 minutes is enough.
• Make sharing optional and celebrate every honest attempt.
• Use CHEW Bingo Cards or group challenges for engagement.

Explore more resources, guides, and downloadable tools at the CHEW Hub to help you CHEW on God’s love—wherever you are and whoever you’re with.