Journey

Psalm 1 :1-4

DISCONNECT from the World
DELIGHT in God's Word
MEDITATE to Learn
AVOID Emptiness

God's desire is to give our lives Meaning and Substance - even in the difficulty

There is no substitute for experience and the things the Lord puts in our path provide divinely appointed opportunities to Learn about our World, Grow in Faith, and see things with an eternal perspective

Any difficulty is a time for us to endure, persevere, trust, serve others, respond differently

If you missed it this time - you can be better prepared for the next time

When you look back, what would you change? What traps did you fall into? Which will you avoid?

**Small Group Questions:**
1 What makes something bad advice?

2 What sort of sinful things are on your radar and you're like "yo I don't want to get mixed up with that"?

3 According to nonbelievers fill in the blank "Christians are so _______ ". How do you feel about being misunderstood (or just plain scoffed at)?

4 Here's a philosophical question - can you learn from other people's experiences or do you have to go through experiences yourself?

5 Looking back, are you embarrassed about anything you had previously enjoyed or thought was awesome?

6 Can you think of an experience for this past year that was difficult but that you learned something from?”