Joy

<p>Life Group Questions </p><p><br></p><p>1. What has had the greatest influence on your joy lately: God’s presence and promises, or what is happening around you? What does your answer reveal about where you’ve been placing your trust?</p><p><br></p><p>2. Pastor Rob said, “Joy doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain. Joy means my pain doesn’t get the final word.” What pain, disappointment, or unanswered prayer has been speaking the loudest in your life lately? What would it look like for God’s truth to have the final word instead?</p><p><br></p><p>3. When you listen honestly to the way you’ve been talking lately, what do your words reveal about the condition of your heart? Where have discouragement, frustration, or hopelessness started showing up in your language?</p><p><br></p><p>4. Where has comparison caused you to overlook or become dissatisfied with something you once thanked God for? What do you think God wants to restore in your perspective?</p><p><br></p><p>5. If the situation you most want God to change stayed exactly the same for a while, could you still find joy in Him? What would you need to surrender, believe, or refocus on for that to become true in your life?</p>