Unit 8 – Adjusting Your Unit 8 – Adjusting Your Life to GodLife to God

Any of you who does not give up Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my everything he has cannot be my

disciple. Luke 14:33disciple. Luke 14:33

Day 1 – Adjustments Are NecessaryDay 1 – Adjustments Are Necessary

• Adjustments prepare me for obedience.

• I cannot stay where I am and go with God.

• What does this statement mean to you?

Day 2 – Kinds of AdjustmentsDay 2 – Kinds of Adjustments

• God is interested in my absolute surrender to Him as Lord.

• Any adjustment God expects me to make is for my good.

• What adjustments have you had to make in your life to join God where He is working?

• See quotes on page 162. Which is most meaningful to you?

Day 3 – Obedience is Costly, Part IDay 3 – Obedience is Costly, Part I

• Obedience is costly to me and to those around me.

• I cannot know and do the will of God without paying the price of adjustment and obedience.

• Why do you think a cost is often required to follow Jesus Christ?

Day 4 – Obedience is Costly, Part 2Day 4 – Obedience is Costly, Part 2

• I can trust God to care for my family.

• Don’t deny others the opportunity to sacrifice for their Lord.

• Do you know of a situation I which a person or family had to pay a high price because they (or their church) followed God’s will?

Day 5 – Total Dependence on GodDay 5 – Total Dependence on God

• Obedience requires total dependence on God to work through me.

• He will do more through me in days and weeks than I could ever accomplish in years of labor. Waiting on Him is always worth the wait.

• I must believe that what He has led me to pray, He Himself will bring to pass (It never works, He works)

• My church needs to be a praying church!

Sharing QuestionsSharing Questions

• What does a person do while he is waiting on the Lord?

• Who are some of the people in the Bible who had to make adjustments to God, and what adjustments did they (or did they not) make?

• Has God done anything special in your life this week?