and your decision-making? If you’re able to identify it, what do you think is your biggest fear in life? 2. How do you normally respond when fear enters your life? What patterns or “triggers” often bring you to a place of fear? What kinds of horizontal fears have typically ruled your heart? In the past, what has helped you to ease your fears? 3. As you examine the fears that have gripped you, in what ways would you say that you have forgotten who God is? How do you think “God-amnesia” might be directly related to the fears you struggle with? 4. What happens to your heart when bad news enters your door? Is your heart firm or does your heart wobble? Why is fearlessness strength in the face of bad news? In what ways have you personally experienced fearlessness when faced with bad news? How has bad news derailed you in the past? 5. How have you seen strength in God release you or someone you know from fear, worry, and anxiety? Why is true, lasting, resilient strength only ever found vertically? 6. How have you seen what the world would label as strength used in a way that tears others down? How have you seen worldly strength used to hurt others? How have you seen it bolster pride in the heart of a man? 7. What is servant-strength and why is it infinitely stronger than normal strength? How can you access the power to live in a way that models servant-strength?
CONVERSATION PROMPTS FOR YOUNG MEN
1. Who has been your ultimate example of a man who is strong (real or fictional)? Why do you consider him to be the best example of strength? 2. Why do you think it’s so easy for men to put on a mask of strength instead of admitting to the things they are afraid of? How have you seen fear equated with weakness? Can you give me some examples from life, movies, or shows you’ve seen? 3. What do you think this statement means: “Fear is only defeated by replacing it with a greater
fear.”? Would you even agree with this statement? Why or why not? 4. Why is bullying really just weakness wearing the mask of strength?
5. What do you think servant-strength is, and how have you seen servant-strength bring life to someone else? Who is the ultimate example of servant-strength and why do we need him in order to give us true godly strength?
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MEN OF FAITH
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