Surrendering to Jesus 6 Small Sessions on Worship

Surrendering to Jesus, Student Edition: Six Sessions on Worship Copyright © 2006 by Doug Fields and Brett Eastman Youth Specialties products, 300 South Pierce Street, El Cajon, CA 92020, are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fields, Doug, 1962- Surrendering to Jesus : 6 small group sessions on worship / Doug Fields and Brett Eastman. p. cm. -- (Experiencing Christ together, student edition) ISBN-10: 0-310-26649-1 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-310-26649-5 (pbk.) 1. Worship--Biblical teaching. 2. Worship--Study and teaching. I. Eastman, Brett, 1959- II. Title. BV10.3.F54 2006 268'.433--dc22 2005024177 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means- electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Web site addresses listed in this book were current at the time of publication. Please contact Youth Specialties via e-mail (YS@YouthSpecialties.com) to report URLs that are no longer operational and replacement URLs if available. Creative Team: Dave Urbanski, Holly Sharp, Mark Novelli, Joanne Heim, Janie Wilkerson Cover Design: Mattson Creative Printed in the United States of America Session 1 Andy's parents were getting a divorce. He knew they loved him, and he knew his parents were having a rough time, but Andy didn't understand such a drastic decision. It created so many questions and confusion about God's plan for his life. Andy couldn't imagine that this was what God wanted for his family. He started to doubt God's faithfulness and lose trust in the promises he'd learned as a young Christian. Andy feared he would lose the life he'd always known-and always wanted. It was hard for him to believe that God could work in this situation. Andy asked his small group to pray, and the group dedicated an entire meeting to pray with Andy and talk about his family's circumstances. They discussed the reality of "storms" that come into our lives and talked about what it means to trust God in difficult times. Andy's small group committed to pray with Andy and ask about his family's situation each week. They stayed by his side during the entire divorce process.20 Through this storm, Andy began to see that God was using his small group to keep him afl oat. It didn't happen overnight, but eventually Andy surrendered his fears and uncertainties to God. When he finally let God deal with his pain, he felt secure that God would care for and love him and his family. Andy learned that when you surrender your life to God, you're able to see God in the midst of the storms-and you realize that he was there the entire time. In this session we'll learn about faith in difficult times. Goal: To share about your life and listen attentively to others, caring about what they share If you're new to this series of books, you'll find that every time you get to the fellowship section, the questions are designed to get you talking and knowing each other better. If you're a veteran of the series (which means that you've been through some of tFields, Doug is the author of 'Surrendering to Jesus 6 Small Sessions on Worship', published 2005 under ISBN 9780310266495 and ISBN 0310266491.