Students graduating 6th grade join us.
Come join us for hangouts, service, and groups! Service starts at 7 and runs till 8. Parents our adult service starts at the same time, drop them off and check it out.
Week 3: A fun life vs. a full life.
BIG IDEA
A better question than, “How far is too far?” is “How full do I want my life to be?”
MESSAGE NOTES:
TENSION:
Fun = 1) Life of Entertainment 2) Life of Excitement 3) Life on the Edge
Everyone asks how far is too far... but its the wrong question to ask.
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (NLT) You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial. Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.
TRUTH:
Honor Self + Honor Others = Honor God
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (MSG) Looking at it one way, you could say, “Anything goes. Because of God’s immense generosity and grace, we don’t have to dissect and scrutinize every action to see if it will pass muster.” But the point is not to just get by. We want to live well, but our foremost efforts should be to help others live well.
Freedom with constraints gives us freedom to follow Jesus.
APPLICATION:
“How far is too far”, is a selfish question.
Full life is a life of adventure, purpose, contentment, community and significance -- choose full over "fun".
Not how far, but how close to God can I be is better question.
GROUP QUESTIONS:
Q1: Round Table Question (everyone give a quick answer): Do you ever ask yourself is this too far, or too much?
Q2: Do you feel like God wants to keep you from fun?
Q3: Corinthians says you are “allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you.” Do you feel like this is true? If yes, why do you continue to choose things that arn’t good for you?
Q4: Is it possible to honor God by only thinking of ourselves?
Q5: How can it be helpful to have freedom with constraints? Like the parachute for the sky diver.
Q6: Why is it important to have adventure AND purpose, community AND significance?
ACTION STEPS
Encourage your students to take inventory of the choices they make that are “too far” or “on the edge”. Who are they serving and where are these choices leading? C.S. Lewis says : “No one walks straight into hell. They dance around the edge until they fall in”.
NEXT AT YX
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Jump Weekend / Grad Night: June 2nd.