The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Week 1 | The Problem | Hurry: the great enemy of spiritual life

 
 

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REFLECT | 'What is going on in our life right now?’

Discuss

  • Did you manage to implement the things you said you were going to do last week with regards to fear and discouragement? Why/Why not? (Not supposed to be condemning, just an acknowledgement)

  • What do you think of the quote by Neil Postman, ‘Low information-to-action ratio’ by which he meant, we’re overloaded with information, so much so that we rarely do anything with what we learn'.


ENGAGE | ‘How do we engage with what God is saying to us?

Discuss

  • Can you share a story of when something went wrong when you were hurrying?

  • In our culture what does slow mean /represent in our culture?

  • How does ‘hurry’ affect our every day mindsets and feelings?

  • Are hurry and love compatible?


INSPIRE | - 'How do we inspire each other to ‘TRY’ something this week? What opportunities are in front of us, that we can choose to explore?’

Discuss

  • What ONE thing am I going to take the opportunity to ‘TRY’ this week?


Go Deeper

To reflect on this week

  • Hurry steals our attention 

  • What was about Jesus that enabled him to give his attention to those around him?

  • What do you think of Jesus’ reaction to the woman in this story, when he was on his way to pray for a little girl who was going to die!