Embracing Our Weaknesses

Emotional health and spiritual health cannot be separated. For this series, we have been challenge the church to search beneath the surface to uncover the parts of our soul that God wants to transform. We focus on our behavior yet ignore what is happening beneath the surface. The challenge today is to allow God to play to your weaknesses and admit that we are a broken people. Just like the men and woman in the Bible whom God used through their weaknesses, we too can find strength and purpose by embracing our weaknesses.  

GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. Begin your time together by praying for one another and following up on the previous week's requests.

2. Look at the the progression of weakness from Paul in the following verses: explain his journey to weakness and then talk a little about your journey to weakness and the strength you found. (Galatians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 15:9, Ephesians 3:8, 1 Timothy 1:15).

3. Take a look at Luke 15:17-32. Split off into triads and talk about the younger brother, the older brother, and the response from the father. Return to the group after considering the following items: 1) Were they living in the 10% of what was seen or the 90% of what was needing cleansed by the father? 2) What was their response to the acceptance from the father? 3) Do you find that you are more like the younger brother or the older brother?

4. What is holding you back from allowing God to transform the 90% that is unseen in your life?