You Are Free by Rebekah Lyons

Week 1: Introduction — Dare You Believe It?

Read the Introduction of You Are Free by Rebekah Lyons. Primary passages: John 8:36; Galatians 5:1.

Before diving into any specific form of bondage, Rebekah opens with a deceptively simple question: Do you actually believe you are free? Sit with that question honestly as you work through these questions.

Discussion Questions

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1.Rebekah opens by describing the exhaustion that comes from striving — the sense that freedom is something you have to earn or maintain. How would you describe your own relationship with striving right now? Does rest feel like a reward you haven't yet earned, or a gift you're allowed to receive?

2.The book's central claim is that Jesus speaks freedom in the present tense: not 'you will be free' or 'you can be free,' but 'you are free.' Why do you think so many Christians live as though freedom is still in the future? What makes that present-tense declaration hard to believe?

3.Rebekah identifies the audience for this book as 'the lost, the wounded, and those weary from striving' — as well as those who gave up trying years ago. Which of those descriptions resonates most with where you are today, and why?

4.She weaves her own personal story throughout the book — including seasons of anxiety, depression, and the pressure to perform. How does her willingness to be vulnerable shape the way you receive her message? Does authenticity from an author make you more or less willing to engage a book's ideas?

5.Galatians 5:1 says, 'It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.' What 'yokes of slavery' do you sense you may be carrying into this study? Name them as specifically as you can.

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Closing Prayer

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Lord, we come to the beginning of this journey carrying more than we want to admit — exhaustion from striving, wounds we haven't named, yokes we've grown so used to that they almost feel normal. We confess that we have lived as though freedom were still somewhere out ahead of us, something to earn rather than something You have already declared over us. Thank You that Your Word doesn't say we 'can be' free — it says we are free. Give us the courage to dare believe it. As we read and reflect together, loosen what has been bound. May this study be not just information but transformation. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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