Sabbath School Discussion Questions - December 22

John 12:24

How is this an analogy of submission to God?
Can you see your experience in the reference?
What does the falling represent? Submitting to God’s contol.
What laying in the ground represent? Waiting for God’s time
What does dying represent? Give up what it has been to become what God want’s it to be.
What is the result? A fruit bearing plant.

Philippians 2:5-9

What is Paul suggesting we become?
How is this different than what we are and want?
Do we have the right to be happy, the right to be healthy, the right to be saved?
How does our view of our rights stand in the way of God’s will?

Romans 12:1-2

How do we know God’s will for our live?
How does seeing God’s mercy impact us?
How can we offer ourselves as living sacrifices?
What does that mean?
How does that look?
Who renews our minds? What does he change?
If we experience this process will our understanding of God’s will change?

I Samuel 3:10

Can you hear God speak?
How do you know your hearing God’s voice?
What do we need to do to be able to hear God speak?
Do you listen?
Quote from Tuesday - bottom paragraph
What would you do if you heard God’s voice and he asked you do something specific?

I Samuel 13:1-14

What stands in our way to hearing and following God’s voice?
Quote from Wednesday – bottom paragraph
1. He saw -
2. He said -
3. He felt -
Self Reliance keeps us from God.
What happens when our own eyes shape our perspective?
What happens when we let God shape our perspective of the situation?
Why is this a critical difference?

What do we do when a situation in our lives becomes overwhelming?
Practically speaking how do we get through? What do we substitute for God?
How would our lives be different if we turned to God instead of food or TV?

How can we seek his will for our lives?
How can we hear his voice?
How can we put aside our own feelings and follow his leading?
How can we have the strength to face trials head on instead of finding a substitute to take the pain away?
How can we be like the seed of wheat?
We can fall into the hands of the creator, to be transformed into a new fruit bearing creation, completely by his creative power and according to his will.