Week 6, Day 2

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Week 6, Day 2

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

What do you need to resist? If your life is going to count for good, then there are things you must resist. If you are to bring about good in your marriage or family, in your friendships or among coworkers, your church, your school, your county or your country, then you will have to resist the temptations of darkness. If you had the courage to admit it, what tempts you to evil? What is it that can drag you into darkness? You need to begin to resist.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you.”

James 4:7-8

The second lesson that Finn is going to learn is to Wake Up to the Unseen Force. We too have things that we need to resist, and an unseen Force giving us the power to change.

Read Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:5, James 4:7-8, Luke 9:23, 1 John 2:1-6, Ephesians 4:17-32

-What area of your life do you need to begin resisting in? Have you seen the Holy Spirit working in your life to convict you and make you look more like Jesus?

Week 7 Discussion Guide

It’s important that God’s Word continues after the message. At Celebrate, we find that you will talk over this week’s message long after our experience is over. That’s because God has lasting impact. The Sermon Discussion Guide is designed to help you continue the conversation all week.

Week 7, Day 6

The Church is not for perfect people. It’s for imperfect people who are working together to become fully mature in Jesus Christ. It’s the place where we rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. So for Riley, joy and sadness come together to the emotional headquarters and join fear, anger, and disgust. Riley’s emotions keep maturing with her growing self-control. “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.” Proverbs 16:32 Read Proverbs 16 As you grow a stronger emotional control center, authentic emotions will work together. Sadness and joy are blended into honest emotions. When our emotions work together, we grow in our emotional health and relational health. -What is one way you can mature through your emotions instead of running away from them?

Week 7, Day 5

Throughout the movie, we see the operations console that controls Riley. By the end of the movie, she is upgraded to a bigger emotional control center. Let’s go back to one of the verses we have meditated on this week. “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Read Galatians 5 (Again) God tells us that a life fully surrendered to Him will produce the great benefit of self-control. We can’t win at emotional maturity by our own efforts; it takes God to help us build a bigger control center. -How are you doing in your life at becoming a safe place for your emotions to mature?