“What are some of the main things that you notice have changed in you since you became a Christian? And what do you wish would have changed but hasn’t?
In what particular type of situation do you recognize that you become more vulnerable to the attempts of the flesh to draw you toward sin? What practical steps can you put in place to help you at those times?
God’s Word tells us that we are alive to Christ and dead to sin. Why does this not feel true some days? How can we rise above “the law of sin”?”
Read this part out to the group: “Paul said this to his younger disciple, Timothy: For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:6–7)”
Spend ~5 minutes discussing these questions:
Who was responsible for “fanning into flame” the gift of the Holy Spirit in Timothy’s life, God, Paul, or Timothy?
Whose responsibility is it to do that in your life?
What are some of the ways you could do that?
Spend ~10 minutes doing this activity:
Take some time on your own in prayer to commit to walk by the Spirit rather than the flesh and to fan into flame the gift of the Holy Spirit in your life.
Individuals can pray on their own or pair up with someone.