Unoffendable Session 5 – How to Actually Do This Welcome ◼ Statements: o Being unoffendable is a daily journey. We keep on practicing. o Forgiveness is not easy. But it’s far easier than a life of unforgiveness. ◼ Discuss at your table: o What is a key insight or takeaway from last week’s session? o On a scale of one (very little) to ten (very much), to what degree to you worry about what other people think of you? Explain your response. Video (Feel free to take notes) ◼ The more you become unoffendable, the more you will be willing to forgive people as a lifestyle. o You won’t be looking for something in people to be disgusted about or be scandalized by them. Instead, you will start to look for things in them that maybe other people don’t see. o You will start to look at people like artists look at things. You will develop a different way of seeing things that allows you to see the value of people. o You will be willing to “move the fence” and accept those you might have previously excluded. Notes:
◼ Viewing people through the lens of forgiveness means seeing them in the way that God sees us. o One of the wonderful things about being unoffendable is that it frees us up to be less fearful – and be our true selves – because we don’t care what everybody thinks about us anymore. o There is something about practicing this kind of radical forgiveness that lowers the stakes in our relationships. If other people don’t like us…it’s okay. If we make fools out of ourselves…it’s okay. We’re just doing the next thing that God puts in front of us…and God honors our efforts. o The beauty of becoming unoffendable is that people begin to pick up on the fact that we not only love them…but that we actually like them. Notes: