As a continuation of Pastor George’s sermon series on decision-making, our youth groups will be studying decision-making.Last week in PEER 678 (Nov 11), we looked at our decision making in regards to how we treat others. Here is a brief summary of our time together.
I.) Intro to making decisions
- A friend of mine once said, “At the end of the day, life is a sum total of the decisions that we make.
- Our actions/decisions effect the world around us (other people especially)
- Animals vs. Humans: God has created us to react differently than animals. We have some control over the way we live.
II.) The call of Wisdom
- The book of Proverbs starts with an image of a fork in the road. We have a choice to go the way of Wisdom or go the way of Folly.
- The path we take has huge implications for how we live
- Path of Wisdom = following God
- A major decision is how we decide to treat the people around us
III.) The call of Jesus
- John 13:34
- Galatians 5:13-18
IV.) What Christian community looks like
- Romans 12
Questions:
- Why is it so hard to get along with other people? Are there some people/kinds of people who you just don’t like? What do they do that annoys you?
- Do you think that “loving your neighbor” means that you “like” your neighbor? (Here is where you might need to do some teaching. Love requires a choice to be made. Choice to treat each other as Christ would. To respect each other’s differences. “Like” means that you will be best friends. There is a big difference. we are not necessarily called to like but we are called to love)
- As much as it depends on you, live at peace with those around you… How would your home life, your school, your youth group look if we all did this?
- Do you think this is even possible? Why or why not?
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