Take Back Your Life | Week 2
Series Big Idea: This Series will help you recognize what’s holding you back and equip you to embrace it head-on as you become the best version of yourself.
Discussion Guide 2
Sight for Sore Eyes
Sermon Big Idea: What are you doing with what you have been given?
Opening:
Have you ever made a food dish the was awful? What went wrong?
Why are recipes so important?
Discuss:
Are you familiar with the acrostic GIGO?
It is used in the programing and data entry of computer techs.
Garbage in Garbage out.
It means if the programing is faulty i.e. garbage or the data is wrong i.e. garbage then it will only produce more faulty program or wrong data i.e. garbage
Read: Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
What does this scripture tell us of how we gather “data” truth, values and program ourselves in how we live?
If we are looking watching observing taking in “bad” things, then those things will distort the truth and dictate our values.
What do you believe are bad things that you should not be looking at?
Read Psalm 119
"Turn my eyes from worthless things and revive me again in Your way."
Life is full if things that can be viewed as worthless or damaging to us.
How does our perspective determine the attitude of our heart?
A healthy life begins with a healthy perspective.
Read John 16:33b
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
According to this verse how do we see and handle the pressure of the world?
We all have experienced some type of trauma in our lives.
How are ways people see and deal with what has happened to them?
We can’t ignore trauma and its effect on us.
How can God use trauma and change our prescription and how we see it?
Read: Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
As we discussed last week busyness can distort our focus on what matters most.
How can we keep our focus pure?
Read Psalm 13:3
3 Turn and answer me, O LORD my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
How does where we focus determine our outlook?
How big is your God?
Is he bigger than what is staring at you?
Is he big enough to out shine the other distraction of life that want to take away you focus?
NextStep: Pray that God will show you things that have distracted you focus and dimmed you heart. Ask him to allow the power of the Holy Spirit to center your focus on Him keep you teachable and strength to guard your heart to protect you from those threats to your heart.