Real lyfe

Hooked

This session invites us to explore ways to deal with temptation.

Discussions and challenges on living with integrity, being the same person on the inside and outside

‘The requirements for a loving, committed relationship, run counter to our instant gratification, disposable society. We are bombarded by messages of ease and convenience but come home to relationships that require a commitment to making it work.’
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READ

As you read, look for one or two points that really impact you.

2 Samuel 11.1 – 17

David and Bathsheba

It was now spring, the time when kings go to war. David sent out the whole Israelite army under the command of Joab and his officers. They destroyed the Ammonite army and surrounded the capital city of Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem. 2-4 Late one afternoon, David got up from a nap and was walking around on the flat roof of his palace...

REFLECT

Take time discuss and share your thoughts on the what you’ve read

Setting the scene:

David’s character is the focus of this account. As King he should have been at war with his army after hostilities resumed in the more bearable spring weather – but he remains in Jerusalem...

RESPOND

As a group, create a challenge to help you respond to what you’ve read and discussed
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03 Thankfulness

If temptation is driven by ‘dissatisfaction with life and what you’ve got’ – then according to Dallas Willard, the antidote is to ‘find a way to be grateful and thankful, and dwell on it’...