June 7th - Online Worship Gathering

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Table Conversations for Digging Deeper

1.     Look carefully at Ephesians 5:21.  What is the big reason we are called to submit to one another?  What is the motive?

2.     What makes it difficult to yield to some else’s wants and needs instead of your own?

3.     Submission often requires a choice to “yield” even when there is missing information and we don’t completely understand.   Sometimes that means embracing some level of mystery. We don’t always understand what God is doing in the moment.  Sometimes, however, God reveals His plan to us through submission, like the revealing of a secret.   Consider these verses and talk about how God often reveals His heart and His plan as we make the choice to submit to His leading in our lives.  Ephesians 1:9-11, 3:1-9, 5:31-33, and 6:19.  What does God reveal about His desires, His heart, and His plan?  How does our submission to other people align with His purposes?

4.     Think about Ephesians 5:31-32.  In what ways is marriage a picture of the church?

5.     Read Ephesians 5:33.  How do you understand the distinction between Love and Respect?

6.     What is said in these verses about submission?  James 4:7;  1 Peter 2:13, Hebrews 13:15-17; Romans 13:1-7.

7.     Read Ephesians 6:1-4. What motives should we teach and model to our kids for obeying their parents? Why should they obey?  What does obedience look like?   

8.     In what ways do the principles of Ephesians 6:5-9 apply to employees, workers, employers, bosses, managers, and supervisors?