BIG IDEA
When life doesn’t make sense, God can be trusted.
MESSAGE NOTES:
WHAT:
Sometimes life doesn’t seem to make sense.
Things happen to us that we didn’t cause or deserve.
We find ourselves asking “why me?”.
SO WHAT:
We need to change our perspective and see the big picture.
Esther’s story shows how when life doesn’t make sense God can be trusted.
When we trust that God knows what’s going on, and we follow him it gives us strength to keep moving forward.
NOW WHAT:
Trusting God allows us to become better not bitter when things don’t make sense.
God always knows the why, and His plan is worth following.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Q1: Have you ever struggled to make sense of a painful situation in your life? What happened?
Q2: What aspects of Esther's story could you most relate to and why?
Q3: If you were in Esther's position, in what ways do you think you would have responded differently?
Q4: On a scale of 1-5, how much do you trust God? Why did you choose that number?
Q5: When life gets hard, why do you think it's so hard to trust God?
Q6: Do you allow wise or trustworthy people in your life to guide you or do you try to figure it all out on your own?
Q7: What's one difficulty you're experiencing right now, and how do you think God could use it to make
you stronger?