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Winning the Battle - Part 3: Battle Behind the Battle
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: Every earthly crisis has a spiritual reality behind it.
1. There is always more happening than I can see.
2. Adversity is used to attack my faith.
3. Adversity reveals what I really believe.
4. The way to win the battle remains the same: stand.
START TALKING:
What is an example of something you experience in your everyday life or of something you follow that has more going on behind the scenes than what you can see? What is the "battle behind the battle" that is taking place?
What is an example of something you experience in your everyday life or of something you follow that has more going on behind the scenes than what you can see? What is the "battle behind the battle" that is taking place?
START THINKING:
Read Job 1:1 and 1:8. Why do you think we have this same description twice? Knowing what is about to come Job's way, how does this seem to debunk the idea of karma and similar thinking?
Read Job 1:2-5. What does this tell us that proves 1:1 and 1:8 to be true? Why do you think we are given these details about Job's life? What does it show about who he really was and what he had been blessed with?
Read Job 1:9-11. What does the accuser believe about why Job is a godly man? What does Satan make clear is going to be his plan of attack? What is he really trying to destroy in Job's (and your) life?
Read Job 1:1 and 1:8. Why do you think we have this same description twice? Knowing what is about to come Job's way, how does this seem to debunk the idea of karma and similar thinking?
Read Job 1:2-5. What does this tell us that proves 1:1 and 1:8 to be true? Why do you think we are given these details about Job's life? What does it show about who he really was and what he had been blessed with?
Read Job 1:9-11. What does the accuser believe about why Job is a godly man? What does Satan make clear is going to be his plan of attack? What is he really trying to destroy in Job's (and your) life?
START SHARING:
In Job 1:6-12, an entire conversation is happening in the heavenly realm that Job is completely unaware of before the crisis even comes his way. When you think back on adversity and crisis that you have faced in life, how can you now see that there was more happening behind the scenes than you could see in the moment?
In Job 1:11, the enemy makes his intent clear: take away everything that Job has to take away his faith. What is an adversity or a crisis that you have faced that you now see had a spiritual reality behind it that your faith was being tested? What made you question your faith and question God? What led you to trust God and stand firm? What did you learn from this crisis?
Job's crisis revealed what he really believed. Read Job 1:20-22 to see what it was. What do you think Job had to do long before the crisis came to be able to stand this firm? When you faced your crisis, what did it honestly reveal about what you believed?
In Job 1:6-12, an entire conversation is happening in the heavenly realm that Job is completely unaware of before the crisis even comes his way. When you think back on adversity and crisis that you have faced in life, how can you now see that there was more happening behind the scenes than you could see in the moment?
In Job 1:11, the enemy makes his intent clear: take away everything that Job has to take away his faith. What is an adversity or a crisis that you have faced that you now see had a spiritual reality behind it that your faith was being tested? What made you question your faith and question God? What led you to trust God and stand firm? What did you learn from this crisis?
Job's crisis revealed what he really believed. Read Job 1:20-22 to see what it was. What do you think Job had to do long before the crisis came to be able to stand this firm? When you faced your crisis, what did it honestly reveal about what you believed?
START DOING:
What can you do this week to build your faith before the crisis and adversity comes? Read 2 Corinthians 4:18. How can you do what this verse teaches? How can we help each other and encourage each other both before we face adversity and in the midst of adversity?
What is a crisis or adversity that you might be facing now? How can we all be praying and supporting each other through the adversities and crises that are shared?
How can you use an adversity or crisis that you have faced to tell your own story of faith and standing firm in the battle? How can you help people - your "one" - who may be far from God see that battle behind the battle through your own story?
What can you do this week to build your faith before the crisis and adversity comes? Read 2 Corinthians 4:18. How can you do what this verse teaches? How can we help each other and encourage each other both before we face adversity and in the midst of adversity?
What is a crisis or adversity that you might be facing now? How can we all be praying and supporting each other through the adversities and crises that are shared?
How can you use an adversity or crisis that you have faced to tell your own story of faith and standing firm in the battle? How can you help people - your "one" - who may be far from God see that battle behind the battle through your own story?
START PRAYING:
Pray for each person in the micro church and the adversity and crisis that they shared. Pray that each of us stand firm in our faith, know that is what is really being attacked. Pray that each of us have an opportunity to share the story of Jesus prevailing in the battle behind the battle with others in our life who are facing crisis and adversity.
Pray for each person in the micro church and the adversity and crisis that they shared. Pray that each of us stand firm in our faith, know that is what is really being attacked. Pray that each of us have an opportunity to share the story of Jesus prevailing in the battle behind the battle with others in our life who are facing crisis and adversity.
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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.
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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!