QUESTIONS:
(1) What’s a situation in your life where a decision you had to make or direction you had to take seemed really fuzzy, unclear and uncertain? How did you move forward even if the direction seemed uncertain?
(2) This week we talked about two different mindsets we can have — living according to our own desires (“the flesh”) or living according to God’s desires (“The Spirit). What are some ways you struggle with wanting to follow your own desires versus following God’s desires for your life?
(3) Read Romans 8:5-8. What makes sense and what’s hard to understand about this difference in living according to the Spirit versus the flesh?
(4) In Romans 8:9-11 it talks about the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead being at work in our lives. What promises and hope does that mean we have in our own lives?
(5) What does it mean to you that if we live according to the Spirit, we are never alone and that God is always with us?
(6) Read Romans 8:12-17. What do these verses tell us about our new identity? What does this identity mean to you?
(7) How is learning more about Romans 8 helping you start 2020 with some new clarity or focus? Are there any ways “Seeing 2020” is helping you set some new goals or desires for your own life?