Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 10
The conclusion says humility is the “point of contact” where an “exchange takes place” (you humble yourself ? God gives grace ? you subdue desires ? the devil is “reduced”); what specific desire patterns in your life would actually lose their power if you practiced one of his humility steps this week, and what would you have to give up to test his claim?
Another way to ask: The speaker says if you humble yourself, God gives grace and your desires lose power. What desire in your life might weaken if you practiced one humility step this week, and what would you have to give up to try it?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript doesn’t name your personal desire patterns, but it argues that any recurring temptation reveals a desire that could be “subdued” by grace received through humility. To test his claim this week, you would choose one humility step (like confession, fasting, or serving) and give up pride, secrecy, comfort, or self-rule so God can give “greater grace” against that desire.
- He calls humility the “lynchpin…point of contact…rubber meets the road.”
- He describes an “exchange”: “You humble yourself, and I’ll give you grace.”
- He states the outcome: “Through the power of grace…our desires themselves can be subdued…quenched…extinguished.”
- He links devil’s power to desire: “you can’t be tempted beyond your own desires,” so reduced desires mean a “reduced” devil.
- He gives concrete humility practices: confess sins to a brother, fast, submit to authority, be a “slave of all,” discipline the body.