HORA Breakout Bible Study

Possible titles:

The art of quieting the heart

How can I abide in God’s Word?

The art of abiding in God’s Word

Keep in step with the Spirit

The speed of a spiritual life

Main point: In a world that’s obsessed with speeding up, Christians should slow down by abiding in God’s Word.

Scripture reading: Gal. 5:25-26

Galatians 5:25–26 ESV

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Intro:

The Bible tells us to maximize our productivity. True or false?

The world thinks of fast speed as something good, and slow speed as something bad. That’s why they say speed up and slow down. But I’d like to argue that the opposite is true. From a spiritual perspective, we speed down and slow up.

Why didn’t God tell us about the date for judgement day?

Keeping in step with the flesh

Physical speed: Always in a hurry

Motivation/fuel: life’s milestones

“Counsel of the wicked”

Fruit: scoffing/mocking/comparison mindset

Effort? Yes

Timing? God’s timing.

The wealthy store up their riches for the righteous.

Keeping in step with the Spirit

Physical speed: planted by streams of water

The righteous man’s heart isn’t dependent on his achievements or accomplishments. His heart is dependent only on the Word of God.

The righteous man isn’t blown away by the wind. He is like a tree firmly planted.

Motivation/fuel: delight in God’s Word

What does it look like to delight in someone’s word?

Hanging out with a friend whom you trust.

Being praised by someone you respect.

Pillowtalk with someone you love.

Fruit: right time + eternal life

Fruit of the Spirit: Gal. 5:22-23.

Effort? Yes

Conclusion: Relationships take time, effort, and discipline

Depression = being obsessed with loss in the past.

Anxiety = being obsessed with loss in the future.

Have 2 volunteers come up to act out Psalm 1. One = wicked man. One = righteous man.

There’s the wind from the outside that drives the wicked man to and fro.

But the righteous man has the wind blowing on the inside. When God created Adam, He breathed the breath of life into him. And so for us, life is about the movement of wind inside of us.

For a person without that wind, they will be

Oscar Wilde: “There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”