Review this week's message.
Key Thought: What is your rebellion really costing you?
Key Quote
“God loves you too much for you to sit in your disfunction.”- Pastor Mason Cornelius
Start talking. Find a conversation starter for your group.
- What song describes your mood right now?
- If you won a free vacation tomorrow, where are you going?
- What's one purchase you regret, and one you'd buy again in a heartbeat?
Start thinking. Ask a thoughtful question.
- Why do you think we're often tempted to keep our struggles private, even when we know they're not going away?
- Why do you think obedience is often described as a partnership between God and us, instead of something He just does for us?
Start sharing. Choose questions that create openness.
- What season of your life did you once call a punishment that you now recognize as preservation?
- Where in your life are you waiting for God to do the part that's actually yours to do?
Start doing. Commit to a step and live it out this week.
- What's one thing you've been running from that God is asking you to turn around and face this week?
- Pick one day this week and take 10 minutes to do this: Name it. Write down one thing you've been running from or keeping private. One sentence is enough. Say it. Tell God about it out loud, and tell one trusted person (a friend, mentor, or leader) if you can.
Scriptures
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.” Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. Jonah 1:1-7 NIV
