Small Group Discussion

Key Scriptures:

1. 1 Corinthians 4:20
2. 2 Timothy 1:7
3. 2 Corinthians 3:17
4. Matthew 28:19
5. Acts 2:1-4
6. Acts 2:41
7. Galatians 5:22-23

Key Takeaways:

1. We chase spirits because deep down we know we don’t have the substance in us to sustain us on our own.
2. The Holy Spirit provides four powerful gifts:
   • Freedom from what holds us low
   • Wisdom we would never know on our own
   • Access to places we can never go on our own
   • Strength we can never grow on our own
3. The fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control) cannot be produced by trying harder—only by the Spirit working in us.

Discussion Questions:

1. The pastor argues that we live in a time overpopulated with information but lacking transformation. In what ways have you experienced this tension between knowing about God and being genuinely changed by Him?
2. The sermon suggests that we all chase various spirits through accumulation, accomplishment, affirmation, or relationships. What spirit have you been chasing, and how has it failed to provide the substance you truly need?
3. The pastor shares how the Holy Spirit gave wisdom to his wife through dreams about a struggling pastor. Have you experienced the Holy Spirit giving you supernatural wisdom or discernment, and did you act on it?
4. Scripture promises that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. What specific areas of heaviness or bondage in your life need the freedom that only the Holy Spirit can provide?
5. The fruits of the Spirit are described as things only the Spirit can produce, not things we can achieve through willpower. Which fruit of the Spirit have you been trying to manufacture on your own instead of receiving from God?
6. The pastor emphasizes that God is a good Father who gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask. What hesitations or fears have prevented you from simply asking God to fill you with His Spirit?