Living the “Best Policy
July 15th, 2008Open
Please discuss one of the following:
If I was on the TV show, Survivor, I would:
- Display blatant Christian behavior at all costs
- Blend in with the crowd
- Lie, cheat, or steal to win the $1,000,000
- “Be as wise as a serpent and as harmless as a dove.”
When I play Monopoly I (circle 2)
- Get in fights
- Give up before the game is over
- Forget about being kind and generous
- Feel sorry for the ones who are losing and help them out
- Hang in until the bitter end
- Cheat
- Get bored (I hate games)
Study
Please read Ephesians 4:17-32 and discuss the following:
- What do you think controls the behavior of the non-believers? (see vv. 17-19)
- What role does “truth” play in our understanding of Jesus? How do you think that truth is to come out in our words and actions? (vv. 25-28)
- What impact does the heart have on our actions?
- How does Jesus affect the way we deal with: Anger? Honest work? Our words? Our relationship with the Holy Spirit?
- How do you think we benefit ourselves when we get rid of sinful behavior and embrace godly living? How does it impact others?
- What do you think is the power of forgiveness?
Apply
Discuss one or two of the following with the group:
- What “blocks” exist in your life (what keeps you from being all you know to be)?
- In what ways are you inefficient? Ineffective?
- What is one quality you have that is not usually seen by others?
- With whom would you like to get along better?
- How can this group assist you in these things?
