TODAY:

Live No Lies, Part 2: The Flesh – Disordered Desires

BIG IDEA:

The Spirit empowers us to realign our desires to God’s

SCRIPTURES:

Galatians 5:1,13-25, Galatians 6:7-9, James, 1:14-15, James

4:1-2, Hebrews 12:11

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Q: Are phrases like “The heart wants what it wants”, “You do you”, “Be your

true authentic self”, “Follow your heart” & others appealing or

concerning to you? Why?

Q: How do the Scriptures/concepts from this week help you grow as a disciple

who loves God, loves people & serves the world (lives on incarnational

mission) in everyday life?

Q: Based on these Scriptures, how can you move from unbelief to belief, from

just knowing to actually doing in your life?

Connect with God (UP)...

Q: Read Galatians 5:1. Simply put, Jesus set you free by giving His life. Why do

you think it matters to Him what you do with the freedom He gave you?

Q: What are some examples things that promise freedom but end up being

slavery, and things that might seem like you’re giving up freedom, but

actually gaining true freedom?

Q: What does it mean to mean to “walk by the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16), be “led

by the Spirit” (18) and “live by” & “keep step with the Spirit” (25)?

Connect with Others(IN)...

Q: Many of the passages today refer to how disordered desires destroy how

we relate to each other. How can the practice of confession bring healing?

Connect with the World (OUT)...

Q: How can you lovingly share the principle of sowing seeds, “law of returns”

or compound interest with world around you?

QUOTES:

FLESH = the base, primal, animalistic drive forself-gratification & sensuality

SPIRIT = God’s empowering presence in us

“Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The

more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him...Sin

wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. In the darkness of the unexpressed it

poisons the whole being of a person.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together)

“Real freedom comes from a strategic loss of some freedoms in order to gain others.

It is not the absence of constraints but it is choosing the right constraints and the

right freedoms to lose.” (Timothy Keller)