Small Group Time:

Talking through the message during the week helps you and your group turn what God is saying to you into action steps. Begin with key questions, add any optional Scriptures and questions if needed, and then wrap up by deciding on your next steps.

Main Idea:

What makes you happy? Something came to mind, right? Something comes to mind for all of us. We all daydream about a trouble-free life made possible by something: a job, house, car, spouse, child, family, or pile of money. But what if what makes you happy isn’t a what at all. What if it’s a who?

Key Questions:

1. Talk about a time when acting selflessly made you happier. Why do you think you felt happy?
2. It’s easy for us to agree that we can’t find happiness through money, possessions, and status. Why is it so difficult for us to live as though that is true?
3. During the message, Russell said, “You will never be happy when your life is all about you.” Is this difficult for you to believe? Why or why not?
4. Read Galatians 5:19–21. In what ways are you tempted to find happiness at the expense of others? How do you avoid acting on those temptations?
5. Read Galatians 5:22–23. As you look at that list of behaviors, is it difficult for you to believe they lead to happiness? Why or why not?
6. Talk about some benefits from volunteering/selflessness that were mentioned by Russell in the message. Most of us think we don’t have time to volunteer. When you hear those benefits do you have time not to?
7. Is there a way you need to serve others or a place you need to volunteer? If so, what is one step you can take this week toward serving or volunteering?

Next Steps:

• What’s one thing you will do this week as a result of something you learned from this message?