Sermon Points:
What Has Your Bow?
External Compromise, Leads to Internal Conflict
A Broken and Divided World Needs a United and Healthy Church
If We Don't Take Time to Remember, We Will Forget
People Notice Your Victories,
But Can't Take Their Eyes Off Your Defeats
Questions to Consider
(On your own or with a friend)
What are the primary influences or "bows" in your life that determine the direction of your actions and decisions?
Reflect on a time when you allowed something other than God to guide your decisions.
What was the outcome?
Have you ever made compromises in your life that led to internal conflict?
What were the circumstances, and how did they affect you?
What role do you believe the church should play in addressing the brokenness and division in the world today?
How can you contribute to fostering unity and health within your church community?
Reflect on a time when your response to failure had a significant impact on others.
What message did you convey through your actions?
Spend some time looking these verses up in your Bible.
In your journal, include which one(s) stand out to you and what God is saying to you through the verse.
Jot down some ways you will put this into practice this week.
Matthew 6:33
Exodus 20:3
Romans 7:15
John 17:21
Psalm 103:2
2 Corinthians 12:9
Matthew 5:16