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Summit Church
FEARLESS Pt 3 | Fearless Obedience | Jim Ladd
Locations & Times
Summit Church
7200 S Clinton St, Centennial, CO 80112, USA
Sunday 10:45 AM
The Big Idea: Fearless Christians trust God enough to obey Him when their fears tell them not to.
Three Things Fearless Christians Do:
1. They Bet on an Invisible Future
1. They Bet on an Invisible Future
Response: OPEN HANDS.
2. They Choose a Greater "Yes"
Fearless obedience believes God is faithful even when obedience hurts.
Fearless obedience believes God is faithful even when obedience hurts.
What you fear losing will determine how you live.
Response: Write down one “Egypt” you need to leave behind - Tear it up and lay it at the cross.
Response: Write down one “Egypt” you need to leave behind - Tear it up and lay it at the cross.
3. They Take Action Despite Fear
Fearless obedience is not believing nothing bad can happen. It is believing God is still faithful no matter what happens.
Response: What is one step you can take before the results are obvious?
Small Group Discussion Guide
Icebreaker Question
• What is one situation in life where you had to act before you had all the answers?
Discussion Questions
Hebrews 11:17–22
1. Abraham “reasoned that God could even raise the dead.” How is the relationship between faith and reason in your own heart?
2. Why do you think God often asks people to trust Him before they can see the outcome?
3. Isaac eventually submitted to God’s plan for Jacob instead of clinging to his personal preference for Esau. Where do you most struggle to surrender your preferred outcome to God?
4. Joseph gave instructions concerning his bones because he believed God would one day bring Israel out of Egypt. What does it look like to live today with confidence in a future you may never personally see?
5. What do your fears reveal about what you value most?
6. Where are you most tempted to trade long-term obedience for short-term relief or comfort?
7. What is one “Egypt” (comfort, approval, addiction, bitterness, compromise, control, etc.) that God may be asking you to leave behind?
8. Why do you think God so often asks His people to obey before results are visible?
9. Delayed obedience becomes disobedience. When have you seen hesitation or fear keep you from obeying God?
10. Jesus endured the cross “for the joy set before Him.” What is one fear that you need to surrender?
• What is one situation in life where you had to act before you had all the answers?
Discussion Questions
Hebrews 11:17–22
1. Abraham “reasoned that God could even raise the dead.” How is the relationship between faith and reason in your own heart?
2. Why do you think God often asks people to trust Him before they can see the outcome?
3. Isaac eventually submitted to God’s plan for Jacob instead of clinging to his personal preference for Esau. Where do you most struggle to surrender your preferred outcome to God?
4. Joseph gave instructions concerning his bones because he believed God would one day bring Israel out of Egypt. What does it look like to live today with confidence in a future you may never personally see?
5. What do your fears reveal about what you value most?
6. Where are you most tempted to trade long-term obedience for short-term relief or comfort?
7. What is one “Egypt” (comfort, approval, addiction, bitterness, compromise, control, etc.) that God may be asking you to leave behind?
8. Why do you think God so often asks His people to obey before results are visible?
9. Delayed obedience becomes disobedience. When have you seen hesitation or fear keep you from obeying God?
10. Jesus endured the cross “for the joy set before Him.” What is one fear that you need to surrender?