Reset: Self

Questions for Small Group Discussion and/or Personal Reflection

– Read Romans 12:3. Are there specific ways in which you sometimes “think of yourself more highly than you ought”?

– Who has served as a good example of humility for you? In what ways?

– It was said in the sermon that we are to “Empower Others” and that “Empowering requires: Investing, Equipping, and Entrusting.” Who, and in what ways, have you been able to empower so that everything does not have to depend on you? Can you share a time when someone empowered you for a specific role or task?

– How is sabbath an act of trust and submission to God?

– Read the following quote from Mark Buchanan’s book The Rest of God. What stands out most to you?… “Real Sabbath, the kind that empties and fills us, depends…on complete confidence and trust. And confidence and trust like that are rooted in a deep conviction that God is good, and God is sovereign. There’s no rest for those who don’t believe that. If God works all things together for good for those who love him and are called to his purposes, you can relax. If he doesn’t, start worrying. If God can take any mess, any mishap, any wastage, and wreckage, and any anything, and choreograph beauty and meaning from it, then you can take a day off. If he can’t, get busy. Either God’s always at work, watching the city, building the house, or you need to try harder. Either God is good and in control, or it all depends on you.”