Our pride cries out against the ideas of powerlessness and giving up control.  The more powerless we feel, the more we strive to take control; the more we try to take control the more we come to realize we have no control.  This turns into a maddening self-sustaining cycle of self-destruction. There comes a time when we need to turn to the only one who can defeat those things which try to cause us pain.
Name an area of your life you strive to maintain control over?
What do you think would happen if you turned this over to God?
What holds you back from giving this over to God?
 
Ask God to show you different areas of your life that you still need to release to Him.

Only by submitting to Gods’ power and confessing His authority in our lives can we truly know what it is to be alive. You think you have it all together? Do you believe that your strength can prevail where God's can't? The strongest part of your greatest ability at the top of your game does not come close to the very least God can do in your life. God wants us to be humble, which doesn't mean to think less of ourselves, but to think of ourselves less. Nothing has impacted me during my life so much as when I have leaned into God's grace and admitted to Him, "I can't do it. I'm not strong enough.". And through this admission, God in all of His power and authority moved in my life and provided for His child.

​Where have you turned when you encountered a problem beyond your ability?
 What do you think would happen if you trusted in God during these times?
 
Trusting in God and leaning into His strength does not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It means watching for God's guidance while moving forward and trusting He will take care of the details beyond your control. Ask God to show you some ways He has worked through your weakness.