What do you have the hardest time giving up control of? Someone's driving? The way the house is maintained? The way people do their jobs? Deciding where to go to dinner? Which way the toilet paper roll goes on? We all have one! Let's share them!

Read Romans 8:5. What does it mean for our minds to be dominated or controlled? Does the word "but" in the middle of this verse mean that we have a choice? Why or why not?

Think through each of the main points of the sermon below and share how this helps you determine who is in control or has been in control of something you have recently faced.

What I think about is the root of control. How have you found this to be true? How do your thoughts allow or prevent the Holy Spirit from being the one in control of the issues you face?

Control is revealed by direction. When you have allowed the Spirit to be in control, what did that path look like and feel like? What did you experience? When the sinful nature was in control, how was that different?

I have a choice of who is in control. How have you made this choice? What steps did you take? What made it difficult? What made it not so difficult? How did making this choice once help you do it again?