What initial thoughts, encouragement, or practical applications do you have from this passage of Scripture after hearing the sermon?

Why is it important to remember that we are engaged in a spiritual battle against a real “dragon” (Satan) who seeks our destruction? What mistakes do we make when we forget that our ultimate conflict is spiritual?

Suffering can teach us that God is good and that His promises are true. Can you share a time when you learned these truths through a personal experience of suffering?

How are you tempted to believe the following lies from Satan?

• God is NOT good 

• I am NOT forgiven 

• Death has NOT been defeated

What promise of the gospel can you replace with each of these lies of Satan to remember?  

In what ways are you currently seeing Jesus actively working in your life, your church, and the world? What hope do these observations give you that Jesus always wins?