What comes ____________ __________ __________ tends to come _________ __________ ________________.

Training Program For Our Mind

It's not just what you _______ _______ _______ _______; It's also what you ___________ __________ __________.

Christian meditation doesn't ___________ ___________ ___________; instead, it __________ ____________ ____________ with truth.

It is not a ______________ it is a _______________.

1. What _________________ is holding you back?

2. What ____________ ____________ from God demolishes that stronghold?

Spiritual growth happens when we receive new knowledge and then apply it to our lives. This always happens best in the context of community. Take time this week and engage in these additional scriptures and questions on your own. Then, discuss them with your Small Group.

“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.”Proverbs 27:17

SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS


GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
What is your favorite game - video game, board game, etc.?
Is there a Godly promise you try to recall when you are low?

GOING DEEPER IN THE WORD TOGETHER
Read Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT
Paul prays that God would empower this church in Ephesus with inner strength through His Spirit. What do you think Paul meant by inner strength?
In what ways do our roots grow deeper in God? (verse 17)
Paul prays that they experience the love of Christ. How does experiencing something cement it more than learning about something?
How have you “experienced” God in your life?
Paul says after they experience God they “will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” What kind of power do we receive when we know Christ as our Savior and Lord? What kind of life?
It is very important that we don’t simply get rid of the bad thoughts but that we replace them with God thoughts. What happens when we get rid of the bad thoughts but fail to replace them with God thoughts?
What happens when we do replace them with God thoughts?

APPLYING SCRIPTURE TO YOUR LIFE
How do you flip your thoughts instead of fighting them?
What is one way you have found to turn down your dial?