You Can’t Please Everyone - Week 2
Objective: To live for God by choosing to find our validation and acceptance in Him rather than people.
• Name the people in your life you often feel pressured to please.
• What do you fear would happen if you failed to please them?
Read:
Read:
Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NLT)
• What motives do you have for trying to please people?• What do you fear would happen if you failed to please them?
Read:
He will give you all you need from day to day if you live
for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary
concern.
Matthew 6:33 (NLT)
• What needs you are expecting others to meet that can
only be met by God?
• What choices or changes do you need to make in order to have those needs met only by God?
Read:
He will give you all you need from day to day if you live
for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary
concern.
Matthew 6:33 (NLT)
Pray together: God, help us to believe you will give
us all we need from day to day. Help us choose to live
only for you and make your Kingdom our primary concern.
For Further Study
Matthew 7: 1-5
Open
What kinds of things do people criticize you for the most?
How do you tend to respond when someone criticizes you?
What would your friends say is your biggest fault?
Explore
What happens to those who are judgmental or critical? (7:1)
In what way will we be judged? (7:2)
By what measure will we be judged? (7:2)
What kind of faults do we notice in others? (7:3)
How did Jesus illustrate the foolishness of the way we find fault with others? (7:3)
What figure of speech did Jesus use to illustrate how blind we are to the shortcomings in our own lives? (7:4)
That did Jesus call those who ignore their own imperfections and focus on the flaws of others? Why? (7:5)
When is it good to confront others with their faults? (7:5)
Why is it necessary to deal with one's own sins first? (7:5)
What figure of speech did Jesus use to illustrate how blind we are to the shortcomings in our own lives? (7:4)
That did Jesus call those who ignore their own imperfections and focus on the flaws of others? Why? (7:5)
When is it good to confront others with their faults? (7:5)
Why is it necessary to deal with one's own sins first? (7:5)
Reflect
When, if ever, should we criticize or judge someone else?
Why is it that the traits of others that irritate us most are often the very faults that are present in our own lives?
What happened the last time you criticized someone else or judged another's actions?
What are some of the things that cause us to become critical, judgmental people?
How can we become more merciful and nonjudgmental?
Apply
How will focusing on your relationship with Christ make you less likely to criticize others?
What issue in your life is God drawing your attention to? How can you give Him control in this area of your life?
g-ram
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