BIG IDEA
True joy and freedom come from full submission to God
KEY VERSES
James 4:1-3
1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
John 10:10
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
James 4:7-8a
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
GROUP QUESTIONS
On a scale of 1-10 how stubborn would you say that you are?
What are some words that come to mind when you think about authority?
Read James 4:1-3. How have you seen this play out in your life or the lives of those around you?
Read John 10:10. How does this verse affect your perspective of God’s authority?
Emily talked about how we can live out submission to God by, “Leaning into Prayer,” and “Not doing it alone.” Which one of those do you need to start practicing this week?