Tipping the Scales

Have you ever noticed in life what we want tends to weigh us down and we lose the joy that God has for our lives?  As I read from John this week I noticed something more about the passage that contains "He must become greater, I must become less."  The scripture before this well known verse talks about John experiencing great joy because of the bridegroom that is coming to take his bride.  The thought I had is how much joy I lose because what I want and what I desire in life weighs me down which causes God to be less in my life.

This week we are going to look at this passage in John 3:22-30.  We are going to look at how we put so much on our plates that we fail to experience the joy that comes with allowing God to have more of us and us to have less.  I asked myself two questions to get started.  Where must God become greater in my life? (Schedule, Relationships (family, friends), Future, What I watch, conduct, attitude, priorities, listen to, Prayer Life (selfish prayers or God centered prayers).  The other question is what will it take to allow God to have more weight in my life so that the joy I should be having in life will be real?  (Where does my focus need to be?  What do I need to be consumed with?  What needs to be removed?)

These are some of the things we will be talking about tomorrow night.  This will just be one stand-alone message before the retreat.

Small Group questions

What are the things that weigh us down?

Why do we feel that these things are important?

What areas of your life do you need to allow God to carry more weight?

How do you allow God to be more and you to be less?  What does that look like to you?  How can you make that real today?  What is keeping you from making that happen?

Programming:

Game 6:10

Song 6:20

Message 6:45

Small Group 7:10