Session 7: Dedicate It To God

Putting It Together Again When It's All Fallen Apart: Saddleback Small Group Series

Where do you get the power to be dedicated? In this episode we look at Jesus's own answer to that important question.

CATCHING UP/LOOKING AHEAD

What has been most meaningful to you in what we have studied together during these seven weeks?

KEY VERSE

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Romans 12:1

DISCOVERY QUESTIONS

1. Are there ways you’ve discovered that help thankful joy take the lead in your life?
2. How have you seen purity expressed in what you pursue?
3. How have you personally experienced the truth that the
4. greatest joy in life comes not from what you get but from
5. what you give?
6. What are some specific places you’d like the group to pray
7. for as you seek to keep your dedication refreshed?

LIVING ON PURPOSE

God’s five purposes for each of us are evangelism, discipleship, fellow- ship, ministry, and worship. In this section, we’ll look at how we can take practical steps to fulfill one of those purposes based on the truths we’ve looked at in this study.

WORSH I P

Spend some time this next week reviewing and thanking God for the truths that grow out of the book of Nehemiah. Dedicate yourself to living these truths through the power that God gives in Christ.

PRAYING TOGETHER

Pray for one another’s needs.
As you finish this study, talk about whether there is another

book you’d like to read together and discuss as a group.