The Inescapable Ought, “What Guides You”
April 23, 2023

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Message Review

Main Point | You don’t know if integrity guides you until maintaining it costs you. 

Scripture References | Proverbs 11:3

Questions      

  • This Week’s Sermon was about how you don’t know if integrity guides you until maintaining it costs you. What were your initial thoughts or takeaways from the sermon?  

  • Focus Passage Review: Proverbs 11:3 (NIV) (NLT) (ESV) (NASB) (Read this passage 2-3 times then talk through the following points. Try reading different translations as well to see if anything else sticks out)  

    • Observation: What do you notice in this passage?  What words or phrases stick out to you? 

    • Interpretation: What was the author's original intent in this passage?  What main point(s) was the author trying to communicate? 

    • Application: What is a takeaway from this passage?  How can/should you apply that? What next step is Jesus inviting you to take? 

    • Questions: What questions/tensions do you have from this passage? 

  • Have you ever compromised your integrity to protect your reputation as someone who has integrity? 

  • What other things besides integrity can raise and guide the way that you live? (ex. Want of money)  

  • Why do we not know if integrity guides us until maintaining it costs us?  

  • Having integrity is taking a long view when it comes to making decisions. Why do we need to look past the immediate results when allowing integrity to guide us?   

  • When it comes to relationships integrity is essential for authentic relationships. Why is it hard to have authentic relationships with people you think lack integrity?  

  • The health of your relationships is contingent on your integrity, not your infallibility. Why do we think people want someone who is infallible instead of someone with integrity?  

  • How can you remember to look at the long view when making decisions even though it may cost you in the short run?  

Application

This week focus on what is guiding you in different areas of your life. Then take extreme ownership and do what you ought to do even though it may cost you.  

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