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Fact Check: Part 2 - More Than You Can Handle
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: God will give me more than I can handle, but never more than He can handle.
1. I will not be tempted beyond what I can handle.
2. Facing more than I can handle will feel hopeless and final.
START TALKING:
This week we talked about a common phrase — “God won’t give you more than you can handle” — and saw that the Bible actually teaches the opposite:God will give us more than we can handle so that we learn to rely on Him.We looked at how Paul and Timothy were “crushed and overwhelmed beyond their ability to endure” (2 Corinthians 1), and how suffering can push us from self-reliance to God-reliance.
Discussion prompts:
Share one moment in your life when you thought, “I can’t handle this.”
In that moment, did you lean more toward self-reliance or God-reliance?
Why?
Has anyone ever said to you, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”? How did that make you feel at the time?
This week we talked about a common phrase — “God won’t give you more than you can handle” — and saw that the Bible actually teaches the opposite:God will give us more than we can handle so that we learn to rely on Him.We looked at how Paul and Timothy were “crushed and overwhelmed beyond their ability to endure” (2 Corinthians 1), and how suffering can push us from self-reliance to God-reliance.
Discussion prompts:
Share one moment in your life when you thought, “I can’t handle this.”
In that moment, did you lean more toward self-reliance or God-reliance?
Why?
Has anyone ever said to you, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”? How did that make you feel at the time?
START THINKING:
Read 1 Corinthians 10:13
What does this verse actually promise?
Why is it important that this verse is about temptation and not suffering?
How does this verse encourage you when you are tempted to sin?
Read 2 Corinthians 1:8–9
What words does Paul use to describe his situation? Which ones stand out most to you?
Why do you think God allowed Paul and Timothy to experience something “beyond their ability to endure”?
What does this passage teach us about what it looks like to follow Jesus in the real world?
Read 1 Corinthians 10:13
What does this verse actually promise?
Why is it important that this verse is about temptation and not suffering?
How does this verse encourage you when you are tempted to sin?
Read 2 Corinthians 1:8–9
What words does Paul use to describe his situation? Which ones stand out most to you?
Why do you think God allowed Paul and Timothy to experience something “beyond their ability to endure”?
What does this passage teach us about what it looks like to follow Jesus in the real world?
START SHARING:
Read 2 Corinthians 1:9
Paul says, “We stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God.”What tends to make you rely on yourself instead of God?
Think about a season where life felt hopeless or final (grief, loss, diagnosis, heartbreak, stress, etc.). How did that experience change your faith?
Read Psalm 55:22
“Cast your burden on the Lord.
”Why do you think God tells us to cast our burdens instead of manage them?
What is one burden you need to cast to the Lord right now?
Read Romans 5:6
If God never gave us more than we could handle, why wouldn’t we really need grace?
How does this verse shape the way you understand suffering and salvation?
Read 2 Corinthians 1:9
Paul says, “We stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God.”What tends to make you rely on yourself instead of God?
Think about a season where life felt hopeless or final (grief, loss, diagnosis, heartbreak, stress, etc.). How did that experience change your faith?
Read Psalm 55:22
“Cast your burden on the Lord.
”Why do you think God tells us to cast our burdens instead of manage them?
What is one burden you need to cast to the Lord right now?
Read Romans 5:6
If God never gave us more than we could handle, why wouldn’t we really need grace?
How does this verse shape the way you understand suffering and salvation?
START DOING:
What are you currently facing that feels like more than you can handle?
What would it look like for you to rely on God — not just pray about it, but actually trust Him with it?
Who is one person you can be real with about your struggle instead of pretending you have it all together?
What is one practical step you can take this week to depend more on God? (prayer, Scripture, counseling, talking to a friend, surrendering control, etc.)
How could your story of hardship and faith encourage someone else this week?
What are you currently facing that feels like more than you can handle?
What would it look like for you to rely on God — not just pray about it, but actually trust Him with it?
Who is one person you can be real with about your struggle instead of pretending you have it all together?
What is one practical step you can take this week to depend more on God? (prayer, Scripture, counseling, talking to a friend, surrendering control, etc.)
How could your story of hardship and faith encourage someone else this week?
START PRAYING:
Pray together as a group:Ask God to help you be honest instead of pretending.
Ask Him to grow your trust when life feels overwhelming.
Thank Him that He is the God who raises the dead and is still working.
Pray for anyone in the group who is currently carrying something heavy.
Thank God that He meets us where our strength ends.
Pray together as a group:Ask God to help you be honest instead of pretending.
Ask Him to grow your trust when life feels overwhelming.
Thank Him that He is the God who raises the dead and is still working.
Pray for anyone in the group who is currently carrying something heavy.
Thank God that He meets us where our strength ends.
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/connect1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!