In this week’s message, entitled “Developing Personal Convictions”, we looked at Ephesians 5:8-10. We heard how, in light of God’s love towards us, we should walk towards him. To better understand this path of developing personal convictions, let us consider these questions:
- How clearly have you understood the distinction between “principles” that we are all called to and “practices” that we each must discover? How has this understanding affected the way that you have lived and related to others?
- Why is it so important recognize the ongoing nature of learning what is pleasing to the Lord?
- How does your understanding of the patience of the Lord affect the way that you relate with others as they seek to develop personal convictions?
- Have you tended to see your development of personal convictions as primarily a relational pursuit or an establishment of rules? How was Sunday’s message a help in this? Why is our having a relational perspective so important?
Let’s give thanks this week that as each of us grows, we have a loving, ever patient, heavenly Father who is constantly drawing us to him.
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