Overcoming a Toxic World | The Cure Week 1

Duct tape and herbal tea are some of humankind’s greatest cures. Maybe since you’ve been home more lately, you’ve found the inner MacGyver in you. (For our younger friends, MacGyver was a 1980s TV star who got out of any situation with everyday items.) What is your most creative life hack or at-home cure?

In some ways, we all have that thing inside us that realizes the world doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to. Or, we long to change in certain areas — 2020 says it all, right? Share ways you’ve seen or experienced the world not being “as it should be”.

Read Genesis 3:1-5. Even though we weren't in the garden, we have actions that are similar every day. Share a time when you defaulted to looking internal vs external when looking for a reason why something bad happened? Also, share how this tension impacted your view of the circumstance.

Read James 5:16. The good news is Jesus shows us that the cure for sin is repentance, simply turning from sin and towards Jesus. You get to make a choice to turn towards God today. Pick that area that’s off the mark, and share that with the group one way you can turn towards Jesus in that area.

Read John 20:23. Take turns praying for one another specifically in the area everyone shared. Here is a template if you’d like to use it: “(Name of person) you are forgiven (for where they repented) (bonus points for eye contact). God I ask for your Holy Spirit to come (in that place they shared). I bless you in (specific area they repented). Amen”