35 Day Challenge
35 Day Challenge | Firm Foundation | Week 2
August 31, 2025 | By Aaron Schroeder
What are you building your life on—and will it survive the next storm?
When life hits hard—and it will—what foundation are you standing on? In this raw and real message, Aaron unpacks why so many of us settle for “fine” lives built on sand, instead of the rock-solid truth of Jesus. He talks about anxiety, identity, the lies we believe, and the ways we try to numb the pain—chasing success, comparison, pleasure, and performance—but none of it holds when life falls apart.
The 35-Day Challenge isn’t about earning God’s love. It’s about training your heart to trust Jesus before the storm hits. Because when your marriage cracks, when your kids walk away, when the anxiety is so loud you can’t breathe—you don’t need more information. You need transformation. And that starts when Jesus moves from your head to your heart. Build your life on Him… and when the flood comes, you won’t fall. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@Flatirons
Set List
"This Is Our God" by Brandon Lake, Pat Barrett, Phil Wickham, and Steven Furtick
"The Blood" by Dante Bowe, Jenn Johnson, and Mitch Wong
"Who Else" by Abbie Gamboa, Josiah Funderburk, and Zac Rowe
"Trust In God" by Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Mitch Wong, and Steven Furtick
Message Discussion Questions
Firm Foundation
Aaron Schroeder
Aug 31st, 2025
// Bible References: Luke 6:46-49; John 10:10
// Community Question: What was a foundational everyday item in your home growing up (something you couldn’t imagine life without)?
// Discussion Questions
- Aaron talks about how we get comfortable hearing information and doing nothing about it. What truth about God do you know in your head but struggle to let sink into your heart or daily life? What difference would it make if you lived from that truth this week?
- Aaron illustrates having debt forgiveness and a full bank account to explain what it’s like being saved by grace and then living out what we believe. How might remembering this picture change the way you approach obedience when it feels difficult or costly?
- Aaron talks about three foundations people often build their lives on. Desires of the flesh (focus on feelings and self-satisfaction), desires of the eyes (wanting things we see), and the pride of life (wants to be better than others). Which of these do you find most challenging in this season to overcome in your own life and why? What’s a practice or guardrail that can help you fight against that temptation in your life?
- Going Deeper: Read Luke 6:46–49. Jesus makes it clear that both houses faced storms. Being a Christian doesn’t mean life will be storm-free. The difference is that only the house built on the rock, on hearing and doing what Jesus says stood firm when the storm came. What storms in your life have exposed the strength (or weakness) of your foundation? How have you seen God’s faithfulness in helping you stand through difficulty?
// Challenge: Aaron challenged us to build every part of life on Jesus. Which area (Singleness, marriage, finances, sexuality, career, character, free time, or social life) feels hardest to turn over? What’s one step you can take this week to place that area on His foundation? And if you gave Jesus full access there, what new freedom or life might He want to bring?
