Guardrails
Drive Carefully
1) Just for fun: If you made New Years Resolutions, how are you doing on them?
You rarely notice guardrails until you are in an accident
where one saves your life. The damage done by hitting a guardrail is minor when
compared to what you would have hit had it not been there. Guardrails.
They’re good things.
1. Have you ever been in a car accident involving guardrails
or medians?
2. In your life, was there a time where guardrails might have been helpful if you would have
had them into place?
3. What guardrails have you set up in your life?
4. “Our culture does not promote guardrails. Culture is
content with just a painted line.” Do you agree or disagree? What are some examples
from our culture?
5. Read Ephesians 5:15-17. Which phrases from those verses resonate with you the most?
6. In verse 18, the apostle Paul uses alcohol to illustrate
his point about debauchery. What areas of your life do you struggle with
“losing control”?
7. In which areas of your life have you been dancing on the
yellow line? Listen to your conscience. Pay attention to the Holy Spirit. Where
do you need to set up some guardrails? How can we pray for you about this?
MOVING FORWARD
Nobody plans to enter into a violent marriage. Nobody plans
to ruin his or her finances. Nobody plans to struggle with an addiction. What
steps do you take to make sure these things don’t happen? Set up guardrails.
You can tell yourself that you’ll “be careful.” Well, setting up guardrails is
how you “be careful.”
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