Service | Fuel Your Passion by Finding Your Purpose: Service or Serve Us - Part 2

Send us Fan MailFUEL YOUR PASSION BY FINDING YOUR PURPOSEService or Serve Us - Part 2Senior Pastor Keith StewartSeptember 25, 2022Each of us was made to crave so much more than what we settle for. We were created by God in such a way that there’s a song our lungs were made to sing, a race our legs were made to run, and a purpose our lives were meant to fulfill. That’s what this message is all about – discovering your purpose in order to fully live out your passion.SERIES: Service or Serve UsIt was the Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer who once said, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know, the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” This is something both Dr. Schweitzer and Jesus shared in common - a stunning reversal of the Me-First paradigm with an approach that is radically other-centered.---DISCUSSION QUESTIONS1.) Adolescence is a time in all of our lives when we are most in touch with our passions. We feel things fiercely; love, hate, desire, dreams, hunger, etc.. Everything within us wants to matter and make a difference. Share with the group some of your adolescent dreams. What did you long to be when you grew up? What causes did you take on? What did you feel most passionately about? How has that helped to make you who you are today? What part, if any, still remains?2.) Take some time to discuss passion drainers or passion killers. What happened or what was said to you that dampened your enthusiasm or squelched your dreams?3.) One passion killer that really needs to be discussed is low-gear living. What does it mean to live in low gear? How often, especially in church, do we hear a message asking for minimal, low-level commitments? What effect does that actually have on people? What happens in a Christianity that sets the bar too low creating followers who are under-challenged and overindulged?4.) Pastor Keith described 3 Levels of Living. Share with the group your experiences, if you have any, with each of these levels.• The Survival Level• The Success Level• The Significance Level5.) The two essentials in re-igniting passion are to listen to the call of God and listen to the cry of the world. The call of God is those times when God pushes us out of our comfort zone and often uses us in areas where we feel weak or inadequate. Have you ever gone through something like this? What was that like for you? How did God work through you? The other aspect of God is listening to the cry of the world. This is where some need in the world around us grabs hold of us in ways that other things don’t. It doesn’t mean that those other things don’t matter but that God is calling on us to focus on this particular area of need because it fits with who we are and how He’s wired us up. What sort of people or situations create a heightened sense of caring, connection, and desire to make a difference in you? This could be your ministry from God. Try stepping into the situation just to lean in and learn more. 6.) Rosa Parks is a prime example of someone who decided to no longer live in contradiction to who she actually was. Not only did she take a heroic stand on that bus in Montgomery that day but she also decided she would no longer be complicit in her own diminishment. Her stand that day changed history. God made you a certain way for His reasons. Be who you are. Don’t contradict who you are on account of the pressure from others who surround you. Have you ever made a stand or statement because you knew in your core who you are and decided you would no longer sit on the sidelines while life passed you by? How did it feel? What was the result?https://www.springcreekchurch.org/#realspringcreekchurch #serviceorserveus #service #serving #serve #Jesus #fuelyourpassion #passion #findyourpurpose #purpose