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LG Leader Guide – September 8-9, 2018

“Anxious For Nothing”: September 8/9

Speaker: Tom Hughes

Below are some study questions that will help you and your Life Group dig deeper into this weekend’s sermon.  We’ve included plenty of questions, but feel free to use just a few or to choose whichever questions best fit your group.

Bible Questions:

  1. Read Philippians 4:4-7.
    1. Ask group members to read the passage again on their own and make note of anything that stands out to them. Here are some questions you can ask to stimulate discussion:  What do you notice in this passage?  What can we learn from this passage?  What does this passage teach us about God?

Application Questions:

  1. Tom started the “Anxious for Nothing” series by stating, “The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.”
    1. What are some of the “unavoidable” things in your life that are currently a source of anxiety?
    2. For you, is anxiety something experienced occasionally, or has it become a “prison”?
  2. Tom shared an acronym for the word CALM to help us know how we can find calm in a chaotic world: Celebrate God’s goodness, Ask God for help, Leave our concerns with God, Meditate on good things.
    1. Of these four, describe where you have the greatest struggle, and name some practical things you could do to grow in that area?
  3. Tom stated, “To be anxious for nothing, we must stabilize our soul with the sovereignty of God.” Read Ephesians 1:11 & Romans 8:28, and then answer the following:
    1. What do these passages reveal about God, and His plan for our lives?
    2. Where are you wanting control of your life rather than trusting in God’s sovereignty?
  4. To find calm, Tom encouraged us from Phil 4:6, to not only tell God about our concerns, but to “leave them with Him.”
    1. After you take your requests to God in prayer, how well are you able to “leave them with Him”?
    2. What are some things you could do to leave your requests in God’s hands and not take them back into your own?

Closing & Prayer: [set aside 10-20 minutes for prayer]

Take prayer requests and pray for one another.  Pray for God’s grace to live out CALM (Celebrate God’s goodness, Ask God for help, Leave our concerns with God, Meditate on good things)