SESSION 4 Total Time: 60 minutes Video = 26 minutes Discussion = 34 minutes
4. “I Need Help”
“Jesus came to do the one thing you can’t do for yourself - rescue you from you.”
OPENING DISCUSSION: Consider and discuss the following BEFORE watching Session 4:
1. What little things do you make a big deal over in your marriage? 2. What happens to the health of your relationship when you make a big deal over little things? 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
KEY IDEAS:
1. We make big deals over little things because we are full of ourselves. 2. Jesus didn’t die only for our past sin and future eternity - He died for the here and now. 3. Because of 2 Corinthians 5:15, there is no such thing as a hopeless marriage. 4. The doorway to hope is hopelessness.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-15
THERE IS HOPE!
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OPENING DISCUSSION: There are many potential answers here, and Paul Tripp will talk about some in the upcoming video session. Some examples result in comedic humor, as they should, because sin reduces us to fools. Don’t be afraid to let people laugh at their own foolishness, as Paul will do in this session. While funny, these “big deals over little things” have the capacity to destroy relationships. The other person will feel belittled, pressured, and extremely cautious about what they say and how they live. It won’t result in a relationship of unity and understanding and love.
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