Right in My Own Eyes (4) – Nobody’s That Stupid

Welcome to CROLCC, we are so glad you are here worshiping with us. The older I get the more I treasure relationships, especially family relationships. We all say we love our family, but if we are honest, it’s hard to love our family sometimes because they are tough to love aren’t they? They say things to us without filters and that’s why sometimes it’s easier to love a stranger than family. My grandma recently passed away and in the midst of sorting out my emotions I found myself in just that dilemma while she was still alive. Yet now that she is gone my family and I misses her because no matter what she did or didn’t do, she is still family.

I hope you had a very happy thanksgiving and that you had time to relax and spent time with the people you love. Please don’t wait till it’s too late before you do something or say something to love your family. I know it’s hard, but because it’s hard it’s even worth more to try. I pray that God will give you the wisdom to know what to do, and the courage to do that very thing to love on your family. And I hope, I really hope and pray that your family will do the same back to you. Because you need it, your family needs it, and God created family so we can learn to love one another.

Today we are going to continue our series -Right in My Own Eyes- and we are going to look at the story of Samson.  What can we possibly learn from the story of Samson?  The answer might be more practical than you think.

Moving Forward

Have you yielded your sexual conduct to God? Have you asked him to teach you to honor him with your body? If you do, when you ask the question, “What do I do when my body wants what my heart knows is wrong?” you’ll be able to lean into that still small voice—the one that doesn’t just say no, but “I love you and I have something better for you.”

Discussion Questions

1. Talk about something you badly wanted in childhood or adulthood. Did you get it? If so, did it live up to your high expectations?

2. Why do you think our culture glorifies doing what is right in our own eyes when it comes to sexual conduct? What are some of the costs of that kind of view of sex?

3. Read Judges 16:4–21. How believable is it to you that Samson would make the same mistake with Delilah again and again? What unhealthy patterns do you see in our culture? What unhealthy patterns do you see in your own relationships?

4.What is one step you can take to yield your sexual conduct to God and begin to live from the inside out instead of the outside in? How can this group support you as you take that step?