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Stay strong and keep following Jesus

God loves you. That’s right, you. He loves you with all your holes and defects, your

bad attitudes and mistakes. He cares about you. That is why he wants you to follow

his instructions. Disobedience leads to trouble and heartache. God wants a better

life for you.

You have learned a lot through your I am Second group. You have heard God speak

and you have seen lives changed. What will you do now? Will you return to a normal

life or will you listen to God and keep following Jesus? Will you commit to obey?

11.1 disobedience ..................................................................................................... 2

11.2 commit ............................................................................................................... 6

11.3 obey ................................................................................................................. 10

11.4 obey all the way ............................................................................................... 14

11.5 use it or lose it .................................................................................................. 18

Leader’s Guide

how to lead your I am Second group ....................................................................... 22

helps ......................................................................................................................... 24

Be sure to register your group at iamsecond.com/join.

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disobedience

Opener

Watch: the Parks ilm.

Question: How did the Parks learn from their disobedience?

Talk with God

Following Jesus’ Model. You have learned to talk with God in a balanced

way. Relationship. Worship. Surrender. Ask. Forgive. Protect. Worship again.

Some days you will take one or two of these topics. Other days you may do all

seven. What will you talk with God about today? Spend some time right now

talking with God.

Hear the Bible Read this as a Group

Background: Before Jesus came to earth God spoke through special messengers

called prophets. Jonah was one such prophet charged with carrying God’s message

to Nineveh, the capitol of the mighty Assyrian empire. Assyria was a powerful enemy

of Jonah’s country.

The word of the LORD came to Jonah

son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of

Nineveh and preach against it, because

its wickedness has come up before me.”

sailors were afraid and each cried out to

his own god. And they threw the cargo

into the sea to lighten the ship. But

Jonah had gone below deck, where he

lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The

captain went to him and said, “How can

you sleep? Get up and call on your god!

Maybe he will take notice of us, and we

will not perish.”

But Jonah ran away from the LORD and

headed for Tarshish. He went down to

Joppa, where he found a ship bound for

that port. After paying the fare, he went

aboard and sailed for Tarshish to lee

from the LORD.

Then the sailors said to each other,

“Come, let us cast lots to ind out who is

responsible for this calamity.” They cast

lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

Then the LORD sent a great wind on the

sea, and such a violent storm arose that

the ship threatened to break up. All the

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So they asked him, “Tell us, who is

responsible for making all this trouble

for us? What do you do? Where do

you come from? What is your country?

From what people are you?”

Instead, the men did their best to row

back to land. But they could not, for

the sea grew even wilder than before.

Then they cried to the LORD, “O LORD,

please do not let us die for taking this

man’s life. Do not hold us accountable

for killing an innocent man, for you, O

LORD, have done as you pleased.”

Then they took Jonah and threw him

overboard, and the raging sea grew

calm. At this the men greatly feared the

LORD, and they offered a sacriice to

the LORD and made vows to him.

What it means

3. What does this story teach about people?

He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I

worship the LORD, the God of heaven,

who made the sea and the land.”

4. What does this story teach about God? How does God respond to disobedience

in this story?

This terriied them and they asked, “What

have you done?” (They knew he was

running away from the LORD, because

he had already told them so.) The sea

was getting rougher and rougher. So they

asked him, “What should we do to you to

make the sea calm down for us?”

But the LORD provided a great ish to

swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside

the ish three days and three nights.

Live and Tell

5. What will you do now? What are some things you have learned through I am

Second? Are you obeying what God has taught you? Explain. What will you do now?

“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,”

he replied, “and it will become calm.

I know that it is my fault that this great

storm has come upon you.”

Jonah 1 (NIV)

Talk about the Bible

What it says

1. What did you like about this reading?

6. Who will you tell? Telling others about what you are learning builds accountability.

Who do you know that needs to hear about what you learned today?

2. What did you not like or ind confusing about this story? What disappoints you

about Jonah?

community dialogue 0.4

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Opener

Watch: the Nate Larkin ilm.

Question: What consequences did Nate face for his mistakes? What did he have

to do to get his life back?

Check-up

Live and Tell. Each time you meet, challenge each other. Follow up with your

commitments. Keep each other accountable. Inspire each other to follow Jesus.

Inspire a revolution of Second. (If people did not do what they committed to do,

consider going back and reviewing the last discussion topic again. It is important that

people do what they say they will do before moving on.)

Talk with God

Background: Jonah disobeyed God and he knew it. God sent trouble sweeping

over Jonah’s life. Broken, Jonah cries out to God vowing to obey him. Jonah’s

mistakes brought hard times. Jonah committed to obey. Use his prayer as a model for

your own recommitment with God. Be honest. Be open. Commit.

Jonah 2:1-2 (NIV) From inside the ish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said:

“In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the

grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

Worship. Jonah was at the brink of death and he cried to God for help. Are

you stressed, troubled, or hurting? Share your troubles with the group. Tell

God about your hard times and thank him for listening to you during this crisis.

Do this right now.

Jonah 2:3-4 (NIV) “You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas,

and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your

holy temple.’

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