A Good Fight
About This Series
We all long for great relationships that are deep and harmonious. To achieve that we need to realise that relationships do not grow stronger by avoiding conflict totally, but by working through them intentionally. This series explains how we can manage the inevitable relational issues we face so as to become closer to one another.
SERMONS IN THIS SERIES
Master
Part 1 of A Good Fight
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Why did God give us the emotion of anger? How has your anger resulted in negative consequences?
- 2. What do you usually get mad over? If you are really honest with yourself, what is the underlying reason why you get so angry?
- 3. How does Christ enable us to master anger? How does this truth apply to you personally?
July 8, 2018
Tackle
Part 2 of A Good Fight
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Do you have unresolved disputes in your life with anyone? What are you doing about it? What should you be doing about it?
- 2. What does it mean to fight fairly? What are some ways you tend to fight unfairly that you need to change?
- 3. What are some non-essential matters you are refusing to compromise on with somebody? What is the greater good that can come out of it if only you are willing to adjust your position?
July 15, 2018
Win
Part 3 of A Good Fight
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Who are some people you blame for your unhappiness? What would it mean for you to go and fix the problem together with them?
- 2. Is there someone you are at loggerheads with? How can you deal with your disagreement and yet affirm the relationship?
- 3. What gives us the strength to absorb unjustified anger and unfair treatment, and to overcome evil with good?
July 22, 2018
Release
Part 4 of A Good Fight
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 1. Is there someone who has hurt you, that you wish to get back at, or wish that bad things would happen to? How does the bible tell us to deal with the natural desire for retaliation and justice?
- 2. What makes Christian forgiveness so different that a Christian should be able to forgive any wrong done to him or her, no matter how hurtful and costly, and even if the wrongdoer is unrepentant?
- 3. When we refuse to set others free, how do we end up trapping ourselves?