March 3, 2024 - The Lies We Live By; God's Will is for Me to be Happy.

Sermon Notes

Series: The Lies We Live By

Title: Lie #2: God's Will is for Me to be Happy.

Text: Romans 12:1-2

The Truth: Jesus laid down His life for us so we could live for something much deeper, more valuable, and more satisfying than happiness in this world.

How that lie shows up in our lives:

1. We make God's truth accountable to our preference instead of making our lives accountable to His truth.

2. We have unhealthy expectations of how God should employ His power in our story.

Application Points (What God Wants for Us More Than Happiness):

1. To be spiritually healthy.

2. To pursue holiness.

3. To be full of hope.

Point Group Questions

Discussion Questions:

1. We implicitly fall victim to this lie by neglecting to prioritize God's Word in our lives. What are some ways we can keep God's Word a priority?

2. A common source of relational conflict flows from unmet expectations. How have you seen unrealistic or unhealthy expectations upon God create tension in Christians lives?

3. Spiritual Health involves (1) a healthy diet of God's truth, (2) daily commitment to exercising faith, (3) resting in the Lord through whole-life surrender which is spiritual worship. Which of these 3 components do you thrive in? Which one do you struggle with the most? Why?

4. God's people are called to pursue holiness. What are some other pursuits that often get in the way of this?

5. We are "born into a living hope" according to God's Word. Too often we fail to live that way. Spend some time identifying truths from God's Word that can become an arsenal of "eternal hope" and how can we leverage it in our lives to impact our world? Pray