BIG IDEA
God isn’t after your perfection, He wants your progress.
MAIN VERSES
John 7:3b-5 NLT
“…Leave here and go to Judea, where your followers can see your miracles! You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world! For even his brothers didn’t believe him.”
James 1:2-4 NLT
“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”
J HIGH QUESTIONS
What comes to mind when you hear the word “perfect”?
What some of the problems with chasing perfection as the world defines it?
Michael defined biblical perfection as, “being the kind of person who lives with the fullness or wholeness of how God created you to be.” How is this kind of perfection different from the kind that we usually see?
How is progress a different goal than perfection?
How would our lives look different if we chased progress instead of perfection?
HIGH SCHOOL QUESTIONS
What stood out to you from the message?
What comes to mind when you hear the word “perfect”?
Read James 1:2-4 . What is the difference between how this verse talks about trials compared to how we usually think about them?
Michael said, ‘God isn’t after your perfection, He wants your progress.” How is progress a different goal than perfection?
How would our lives look different if we chased progress instead of perfection?