SESSION 1 Limits
FOR GROUP PARTICIPATION These elements of the study are best used with others in a group setting.
And God Said… Read aloud Genesis 1:1–13 , Hebrews 3:12–13 , and James 3:13–18 . What is the Point? Read these statements aloud and keep them in mind during the video. • As leaders, we must recognize that God has set limits for us. Fruitful, long term ministry is built on a knowledge and acceptance of our limits. • The Limit of Time • The Limits of Personal Spiritual Insight • The Limits of Our Wisdom • This means that leadership embraces our God-ordained limitations instead of trying to avoid or get around them. Our limits are God’s choice for us and our ministry always goes where the heart has gone before it, so our hearts must accept and cherish our limitations as blessings from him. Petition Pray this together aloud. Lord, help me to be the kind of leader who understands at the heart level that the limitations you have placed in my life are good gifts from you and not annoying obstacles in the way of leading effectively. God, I need your grace to help me guide my decisions and form me more and more into the image of your Son. I know I have failed as a leader in the past, and I know I’ll fail again in the future, but would you mold and shape my heart to help me influence others while I embrace the beauty of the limitations you have purposefully placed in my life? My heart needs to be continually reminded and oriented toward walking by faith and peacefully accepting the good limits of my time, my personal spiritual insight, and my wisdom. I need your power and grace. And I’m asking for it now for your glory and my good. In Jesus’ name, amen. Hear the Word Watch the video. (1 hour 7 minutes) Let's Talk About That Discuss these questions. (30 minutes) 1. Why do you think that limits are such a huge source of frustration for so many people, including you? If God has set limits for us and a fruitful, long term ministry is built on a knowledge of our limits, what are some of the specific limitations God has placed in your life? How have you normally responded to those limits? Take some time right now to ask God to change your heart posture toward the limitations he has blessed you with, and thank him for the grace of limiting
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