Here were some of the questions we used on Sunday morning, and some we didn’t get to:

CHAPTER 6: RAISING THE BAR

• Who did something hard this week?
• What is complacency? How would you know it if you saw it in someone else?
• Remember the story about mark on page 93? Have you ever used something that you’re good at to make excuses for not doing things that are hard for you?
• Pg. 95: how can doing hard things have an eternal impact for the sake of the gospel? How can asking that question every day make a difference in your life?
• What do Alex and Brett mean when they say that we need to be known not by what we don’t do but by what we do? Do you think you’re more known by what you don’t do or by what you do? Explain.
• Assignment: go through the questions on page 101-102 with your parents.

From the Official Do Hard Things Study Guide:

• The Bible says, “The complacency of fools destroys them.” Do you think it’s possible to be popular, smart, and successful and still be complacent and foolish? If so, how?
• Most teens show above-average abilities in at least one area. According to Alex and Brett, what’s the danger of defining ourselves by that one area?
• “Don’t do bad stuff” can easily be the default standard of excellence in church circles. Do you see any problem with that? Talk about it.
• Go through the questions on pages 101 and 102. Talk about your answers.
• If you decided to measure every area of your life by “excellence, not excuses,” what kinds of changes would the people around you start to notice?

Since I wasn’t there on Sunday, tell me how it went!

Categories: Discussion Questions, Summer Reading '08