The Heart of the Issue 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Main Idea of series: Good marriages require a healthy heart. Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (Proverbs 4:23 NLT)
Life Group Study Guide #5 for October 9, 2016 1. How did it go applying what you learned last week? 2. What happened last week for which you are thankful? 3. What did you hear in the sermon that was surprising, challenging, troubling, or useful? Explain.
My heart is the root cause of all my marriage problems. (Luke 6:43-45) 4. Read Luke 6:43-45 (in two different versions if possible). a. What did you like about the passage? What questions do you have about it?
My heart is the root cause of all my marriage problems because of sin. (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
Sin still remains in me even though I have gone from sinner to saint. (Romans 7:14-20)
b. What does this passage tell you about God?
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What does it tell you about humankind?
5. Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-15.
Therefore, I am my biggest marriage problem – it’s me!
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How have you experienced the problems which living for yourself can cause in your relationships (either marriage or others)?
The solution to all my marriage problems must start with my heart.
The solution is found in Jesus. (Romans 7:21-25)
Jesus came to do the one thing I can’t do for myself – rescue me from me. (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
b. How does the love of God exhibited in Christ change the way you interact with others?
6. What is God saying to you? What is one thing you can do in the next week to obey what God is telling you?