Game Plan for Life

Session 7, Wrap Up, “So, What Now?” 10/30/2017

PREGAME:  Open with Prayer – Review Last Week’s Main Points (Playing Hurt – Sin and Addiction)

  1. How did your personal training go last week ? Did anything stand out to you?
  2. Has there been any change in your relationship with God since we started the series? If so, briefly explain.

KICKOFF:

Game Highlights:

Session 1:  You are Being Scouted

Scripture(s):

Moleskin:

  • Just as the crew is the head of the race team, God is our crew chief or head coach for life. He oversees the big picture and care deeply about each of us personally and the details of our lives.
  • No matter how unknowable and big you think God is, He wants to have a relationship with you.
  • God is searching throughout all the earth to recruit any and all who will decide to follow Him.
  • God cares about and strengthens those who are committed to Him.

From our point of view, Gideon was a less-than-ideal candidate to lead an army for god. Yet God was scouting him like a first-round draft pick. He saw something in Gideon that we probably never would have seen. God looked past who Gideon was and saw what he could be – what he was created to be!

Session 2:  The Ultimate Playbook – the Bible

Scripture(s):

Moleskin:

  • Just as the surface plate is perfectly level and serves as a constant reference for the race car, the Bible is our guide for life.
  • God’s Word is reliable and true. It will stand the test of time and eternity.
  • The Bible is alive and active, and can reveal the deep and truest things about you.
  • God’s desire is that you study and saturate your mind with His Word so that you can live it out.

Session 3:  Making God’s Team

Scripture(s):

Moleskin:

  • Just as the stock car operates at an entirely different level than the soap box derby car, so do our lives once we have trusted in Christ. The Enemy wants you to coast downhill, but God wants you to live with His power to climb the hills in life.
  • It takes courage to choose to follow Christ.
  • No matter where you are on this spiritual scale, there is either a decision to make personally or a person to recruit for God’s team.Zacchaeus and the rich, young man had money and influence, yet they both came to Christ seeking more out of life. Jesus was willing to engage both of them without reservation. He did not – nor does He now – shun anyone who comes to Him with questions about God. Jesus’ mission on this earth is pure and simple:“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” (John 3:16-17)

Session 4:  The Enemy’s Game Plan & Creation

Scripture(s):

Moleskin:

  • Just as NASCAR provides a template so each car can conform to the rules of the race, God has given us a template to follow in life. The Enemy wants to get us disqualified by distorting God’s template.
  • The Enemy will tell a lie, a half-truth, or the truth as if it were a lie in an effort to make you doubt God and His goodness.
  • The Enemy is active to this very day – lying and distorting the truth about the beginning of our existence.
  • God is the source of truth, and if you ask Him, He will give you wisdom to discern truth from lies.

At the end of his life, the apostle Paul declared, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:4). There is a race for each one of us to run.  At the end, there will be a standard that we are compared to.  That standard is the image of Christ as a result of our having trusted in Him.

Session 5:  Signing Bonus (Finances)

Scripture(s):

Moleskin:

  • Just as the seven-post shaker helps the team master the changing conditions on a race track, God’s principles for finances help us master our money.
  • How you handle your money is a reflection of your relationship with God.
  • Learning contentment is the key to applying God’s principles for money management. This heart change will get you on the right track.
  • God loves it when you give out of the goodness of your heart – without coercion or guilt.

In today’s culture, it is tough to remain content with what you have. Paul found the secret of contentment when he centered his life on God.  Jesus also warned us about becoming a slave of money so we need to heed that warning with all caution.  You must master this in your life, men, or it will master you.

Session 6:

  • Just as the pit crew is a support team keeping the race car running at optimal performance, we need men around us for encouragement, accountability, and support.
  • Sin has affected every one of us. It is destructive and will cripple us in life.
  • We need each other’s encouragement in the game of life – God designed life to be a team sport!
  • The responsibility is yours! You need to decide who gets to shape your life.

We each have a personal life story with plenty of drama, baggage, hurts, and wounds to go along with it. As much as others have hurt us, we have hurt others through our sin and neglect.  The best thing you can do though, men, is to talk through your story, get help whenever you need it, and walk alongside other men who can help you stay in the game.

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17)

Play “Joe’s Closing Challenge”

Hot Pursuit’s Challenge:

Reflect on this lesson and go deeper in your relationship with God by focusing on ways you can be active players on God’s team from here on out.

Write down the top two or three things you have received from completing this study.

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 Do you have a desire to keep meeting? How/when? 

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PRAYER REQUESTS:  Shrimp’s Sister-in-Law and Family; Family of Young Man who Died in Bathroom; Mayhem – Son Graduating from Marine Basic/0311; Mayhem for sale of house; Hot Pursuit-Travel Safety; Jitters preparing to move to Indiana; Spaulding’s daughter, San Fran’s wife, Unspoken

Will begin 4 session series (All In, Mark Batterson) next Tuesday for month of November – Invite more PAX!!!!  This will be a challenging series.

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