Unoffendable Session 6 – The Difference It Makes Welcome ◼ Discuss at your table: o What do you think about this statement? The ability to live this way means very little until you choose to live this way. o What is a key insight or takeaway from last week’s session? o When was the last time you received (or gave) a meaningful gift “just because?” Explain the situation. Video (Feel free to take notes) ◼ Being unoffendable involves constantly reminding ourselves that we don’t deserve God’s forgiveness – and yet God has chosen to forgive us anyway. o Gratitude and anger cannot coexist. Neither can thankfulness and anger. It’s either one or the other, and we have to choose. o And we must choose wisely, for one of those will kill us, while the other will give us life. Notes:
◼ We need to constantly remind ourselves of God’s grace because we are forgetful. o We forget how good God is and how faithful he has been to us. This is why we get worried about so much stuff…because we forget how God has come through for us in the past. o God is fully aware of our forgetfulness. This is why in his Word he continually reminds us to remember, remember, remember his goodness and faithfulness (Deuteronomy 8:2). Notes:
◼ Another key to being unoffendable is to quit feeding our anger. o When something (like the news) keeps pushing us into anger, we need to stop exposing ourselves to it. We can’t allow ourselves to be manipulated and goaded into anger. o Remember the gift Jesus promised his followers: peace. Do we really want to say to Jesus, “Thank you for the gift, but I would rather hold on to my anger?” o Remember that forgiving others isn’t dependent on an apology. More often than not, the people who wrong us are not going to apologize. We can forgive them anyway. Notes: