”A God-Connected, Christ-Centered, Spirit-Controlled Life” - Ephesians 5:15-21 - Dr. Kent Matthews

Being filled with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean I have more of the Spirit, but rather that the Spirit has more of me

Discussion/Personal Reflection Questions:

1. What was a piece of advice you would like to give your younger self?

2. Share something from the sermon that spoke to you and why.

3. If you are willing, share an experience where you have felt filled by and controlled by the Holy Spirit.

4. Why would it be dangerous to argue, as some people do, that we do not have all of the Holy Spirit until we are filled?

5. Paul doesn’t say “fill yourself,” but rather “be filled!” How can you go about increasing your “fillability?” What are some way you can make yourself more available to the Holy Spirit daily?

6. Which of the images used in the sermon is most helpful for you to understand the CONTROL of the Spirit in your life (wind filling the sail, salt permeating meat, hand filling a glove to play piano), and why?

7. Robert Munger writes, “You will never experience the life Christ died to win for you as long as you keep doors locked to him in the rooms of your life.” Pray for each other to open all our doors and be filled with the Holy Spirit.