In This Series
- Nothing but the Blood
- God’s Plan… Fulfilled
- Spending Time with God
- Clarifying the Confusion
- Our Good… His Glory
- When Life Makes No Sense
- Satan’s M.O.
- One Thing You CAN Control
- Three Questions You’ve Got to Get Right
- Responding to God’s Call
- The Journey
- It All Comes Down to This
- It Is Required…
- Are You Going After It?
- Trained By Grace
- What God Wants from You, Dad
- Is Good Good Enough?
- WHEN Adversity Comes
- Your Life… After Death
- When Adversity Meets God
- Unshakable Character
- The Battle That Rages
- “All Things” Means “All Things”
- Why There Had to be a Cross
- The Power of One
- A Question That Begs To Be Answered
- Your Greatest Encourager
- Alert and Aware
- 2020: How will you live it out?
- 2020: How will you approach God’s Word?
- Welcoming Tom Thompson of The Refuge
- Everybody Wants to Change the World, but…
- Welcoming Pilira Chibwana
Series Info
Stand-Alone Sermons (33)
Sunday, October 11, 2020
One Thing You CAN Control
Ken Harrell
Senior Pastor
It goes without saying that there’s a lot that comes at us in life that is completely out of our control. That’s a given. But no matter how bad the situation we’re faced with, there is always “One Thing You CAN Control.”
Fill-in NotesKey Scripture
Take Away / Application
Regardless of what life throws my way, there’s always one thing I can influence and control and that is…my response.
Discussion Questions
Don’t be afraid to add to this list, skip questions that don’t work for your group or branch off with additional questions as discussion unfolds. Conversation is key! This is the time to work through the application of scripture and have group members figure things out together.
- Read 1 Samuel 1:1–20.
- When faced with a problem, how does it tend to affect you physically and spiritually?
- When you face problems, criticism, or are provoked; how do you typically respond?
- The box in your notes that says, “If you are living for Christ, you can expect folks to criticize, but you ought to live so nobody will believe them?” Read Matthew 26:59–62, John 18:33–38, Luke 23:33–34. What can we learn from Jesus’ response on trial, with Pilate, and at the cross?
- Based on Jesus’ example how can you begin to apply Philippians 2:5–8?
- The Bible speaks to our response to many situations: anger (Ephesians 4:26), sin, forgiveness, living peaceably with others (Romans 12:18), honoring others, praying for your enemy (Matthew 5:44)… Come up with more examples and look up Scripture to learn about our biblical response.
- Read James 4:8. The next time life throws something difficult your way, how will live out this verse?
- Read 1 Samuel 1:10. How often, intense and reliant are you on prayer? How is your prayer life? Are you spending quality time in prayer with the Lord?
Accountability
What have you learned from your time in the Bible this week? How is it impacting your daily life?
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