The Daily CHEW™
Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope.
Last Tuesday, I sat in my office after a particularly challenging client call, feeling that familiar weight of carrying everyone’s struggles—including my own—by myself. As a first-born Dominican ENFJ who’s spent years learning to be the steady one, the helper, the problem-solver, I caught myself doing what I always do: trying to process everything internally, assuming I should have all the answers before reaching out to anyone else. Maybe you know that feeling too—the exhaustion of believing you’re supposed to figure it all out on your own.
Maybe you’ve been CHEWing individually and finding it helpful, but you still feel isolated in your growth. Maybe you’ve convinced yourself that being a “real” high performer means handling everything internally, that reaching out feels too vulnerable, too messy, or like you’re bothering people. Maybe you long for others who understand the daily battle of trying to live from God’s love instead of performance, but you’re not sure how to create that kind of authentic community where transformation actually happens together.
Here’s what I’m learning: Our deepest ache isn’t just for personal breakthrough—it’s for the experience of being known and loved in our struggles, not despite them. God designed transformation to happen in community, through honest confession, mutual encouragement, and shared return to His love. Group CHEW isn’t just individual CHEW with other people present—it’s a completely different experience where God’s love multiplies through authentic relationships and shared vulnerability.
Join me. Let’s learn how to CHEW together in a way that brings lasting change for everyone involved.
What Group CHEW Actually Is
Purpose: Shared processing and mutual encouragement
Frequency: Weekly in triads or small groups (3-6 people)
Best for: Accountability, encouragement, shared growth
Group CHEW creates a safe space where 3-6 people regularly gather to process life together through the CHEW framework—confessing honestly, hearing God’s truth together, exchanging lies for Gospel promises, and walking forward with mutual support and accountability.
Group CHEW Template (10-30 Minutes)
Opening (2-3 minutes)
- Prayer: “Father, thank You that where two or three gather in Your name, You are here. Help us be honest and encouraging.”
- Check-in: Each person briefly shares how they’re doing (1-2 sentences)
Group Confess (5-8 minutes)
- Facilitator asks: “What’s one area where you’ve felt a gap between what you believe about God’s love and how you’ve been living this week?”
- Each person shares: Name the struggle, emotion, or area where you need God’s love (1-2 minutes each)
- No fixing: Just listen and affirm each person’s honesty
Group Hear (3-5 minutes)
- Together, choose one truth about God’s love that addresses what was shared
- Read the Scripture aloud together (rotate who reads)
- Sample truths (Choose one Gospel promise that speaks directly to what you just confessed, or browse these targeted categories to find the biblical truth your heart most needs right now.):
- “Nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ” (Romans 8:38-39)
- “God’s love is patient and kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4)
- “We are accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:6)
Group Exchange (5-8 minutes)
- Facilitator asks: “If we truly believed this truth about God’s love is real for us right now, how would that change what we confessed?”
- Each person shares: “I would exchange _______ for _______.”
- Example: “I would exchange my anxiety about this project for trust that God’s love for me isn’t based on my performance.”
Group Walk (5-7 minutes)
- Each person commits to one specific action this week that flows from the truth we’ve received
- Make it concrete: A conversation, boundary, act of service, or new habit
- Group affirms each person’s step
Closing (2-3 minutes)
- Gratitude round: Each person shares one thing they’re grateful for from this time
- Prayer: Thank God for His love and ask for His help in walking out what was shared
Why Group CHEW Changes Everything
- Multiplied Encouragement: When you hear others confess similar struggles, you realize you’re not alone
- Shared Wisdom: Different people hear different aspects of God’s love that you might miss alone
- Gentle Accountability: Weekly rhythm creates natural follow-up and support
- Witnessed Growth: Others can celebrate progress you might not even notice
- Lived Community: Experience God’s love through actual relationships, not just private devotion
CHEW in 3-5 Minutes (If you want to try this individually first):
- Take three deep breaths—remembering that God designed you for community, not isolation.
- Adore: “Father, You created us for relationship with You and with each other. Thank You that Your love multiplies when shared.”
- Confess: “Where have I been trying to grow alone instead of in community? What fears or pride keep me from authentic sharing?”
- Hear: “What truth about God’s love in community do I most need today?”
- “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2)
- “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17)
- “Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together” (Hebrews 10:24-25)
- Exchange: If I really believed God’s love is multiplied and experienced most powerfully in authentic community, how would that change my resistance to vulnerability or my tendency to handle everything alone? I would exchange _________________ for _________________.
- Walk: What’s one small action I’ll take this week to experience or create Group CHEW—reaching out to start a triad, joining a CHEW Group, or being more honest in an existing group?
- Thanksgiving & Worship:
- Thank God for His design of community as the place where His love is most fully experienced.
- End by re-focusing your heart on His delight in gathering His children together for mutual encouragement and shared growth.
Normalize the Process
Starting Group CHEW can feel awkward at first. Some weeks people won’t show up, conversations might feel surface-level, or someone might share more than others are ready for. Every honest attempt to gather around God’s love together is a win. God delights in your willingness to be real with others, not in having perfect group dynamics.
CHEW On This™:
If I really believed God’s love is designed to be experienced and expressed most fully in authentic community, how would that change my tendency to process struggles alone or my fear of being truly known in my imperfections?
Community Call
Don’t let this stay theoretical. Reach out to 2-3 people this week and suggest starting a weekly Group CHEW. Use the template above, adapt it to your group’s personality, and commit to trying it for 4-6 weeks. You can also join an existing CHEW Group or start a triad for deeper, more consistent community. Every time you choose vulnerability over isolation, you’re choosing how God designed transformation to happen.
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