change is perseverance
6.
Read Proverbs 24:16. The righteous person gets back up. Is there an area in your life where you need to get back up? What is the first step you need to take?
Application 7.
What are some areas in your life that you have persevered through? What was it that helped you to do that?
week 4
October 1, 2017
Scott Simmerok
lead pastor
CHANGE IS PERSEVERANCE 8.
“Add … perseverance”
What is the most important key you need to help you persevere?
2 Peter 1:6
“We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” 9.
What is it about us that makes us want to call failures a slip-up or just a mistake instead of owning them and calling them sin? Is it important to call failures what they are? If so, why?
Romans 5:3-4 PERSEVERANCE is a long, slow, intentional movement in the same direction toward life-change, especially in the face of adversity. 2 Peter Process
10. Is there anything from the previous weeks that you would like to discuss further or update the group on? Share with your group any progress or positive steps you have taken so they can celebrate with you. Also, share any other praise or prayer requests with your group.
Change is . . .
God’s Part
My Part
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life.”
“Make every effort”
Possible
Inviting change Negative Behavior Positive Behavior Heart
Faith Goodness
Process
Psych Prep
Knowledge
Brainwork
Perspire
Perseverance
__________
_______________
Godliness
_________
Self-Control
500 sands drive, san jose ca 95125 | www.churchonthehill.com
~ Based on John Norcross’ Changeology
_________
How do we persevere through slips, mess-ups, and sin? Option 1: Be defeated by _________________ and _________________.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.” 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 Option 2: Accept failure with ______________________________.
Getting to Know You 1.
What is your favorite movie that displays perseverance?
2.
Can we ever say that we “have arrived” at perseverance, or is it something that will always be ongoing?
3.
Why can it be so difficult to accept grace and forgive ourselves?
“The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38 Are these words permission to fail or an invitation to overcome? Option 3: Persevere in __________________ and try again.
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” Proverbs 24:16
With grace we ______________ from our mistakes.
With grace we ___________________________ from others.
With grace we ___________________ our failure to forgive ourselves.
“To ‘Grow in Grace’ means to utilize more and more grace to live by, until everything we do is assisted by grace. The greatest saints are not those who need less grace, but those who consume the most grace, who indeed are most in need of grace—those who are saturated by grace in every dimension of their being. Grace to them is like breath.” ~ Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14
Into the Bible 4.
Read Philippians 3:12-16. What does this passage mean? What does it teach us about perseverance? According to verses 15 and 16, what has a mature believer already attained, and how does that help with perseverance?
5.
Read 2 Corinthians 7:9-10. Perseverance often goes hand in hand with sorrow or struggle. How can we know the difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow?
Read Proverbs 24:16. The righteous person gets back up. Is there an area in your life where you need to get back up? What is the first step you need to take?
Application 7.
What are some areas in your life that you have persevered through? What was it that helped you to do that?
week 4
October 1, 2017
Scott Simmerok
lead pastor
CHANGE IS PERSEVERANCE 8.
“Add … perseverance”
What is the most important key you need to help you persevere?
2 Peter 1:6
“We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” 9.
What is it about us that makes us want to call failures a slip-up or just a mistake instead of owning them and calling them sin? Is it important to call failures what they are? If so, why?
Romans 5:3-4 PERSEVERANCE is a long, slow, intentional movement in the same direction toward life-change, especially in the face of adversity. 2 Peter Process
10. Is there anything from the previous weeks that you would like to discuss further or update the group on? Share with your group any progress or positive steps you have taken so they can celebrate with you. Also, share any other praise or prayer requests with your group.
Change is . . .
God’s Part
My Part
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life.”
“Make every effort”
Possible
Inviting change Negative Behavior Positive Behavior Heart
Faith Goodness
Process
Psych Prep
Knowledge
Brainwork
Perspire
Perseverance
__________
_______________
Godliness
_________
Self-Control
500 sands drive, san jose ca 95125 | www.churchonthehill.com
~ Based on John Norcross’ Changeology
_________
How do we persevere through slips, mess-ups, and sin? Option 1: Be defeated by _________________ and _________________.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.” 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 Option 2: Accept failure with ______________________________.
Getting to Know You 1.
What is your favorite movie that displays perseverance?
2.
Can we ever say that we “have arrived” at perseverance, or is it something that will always be ongoing?
3.
Why can it be so difficult to accept grace and forgive ourselves?
“The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38 Are these words permission to fail or an invitation to overcome? Option 3: Persevere in __________________ and try again.
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” Proverbs 24:16
With grace we ______________ from our mistakes.
With grace we ___________________________ from others.
With grace we ___________________ our failure to forgive ourselves.
“To ‘Grow in Grace’ means to utilize more and more grace to live by, until everything we do is assisted by grace. The greatest saints are not those who need less grace, but those who consume the most grace, who indeed are most in need of grace—those who are saturated by grace in every dimension of their being. Grace to them is like breath.” ~ Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14
Into the Bible 4.
Read Philippians 3:12-16. What does this passage mean? What does it teach us about perseverance? According to verses 15 and 16, what has a mature believer already attained, and how does that help with perseverance?
5.
Read 2 Corinthians 7:9-10. Perseverance often goes hand in hand with sorrow or struggle. How can we know the difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow?
