ICEBREAKERS
Make sure to start off with prayer. Then choose one or more questions to open up with.
- How did you celebrate the New Year?
- What is the one thing you most want to improve about yourself in 2017?
- What is your favorite game to play? (board games, video games, or outdoor games)
Message Review
Main points and scriptures from this week's message.
This weekend was our "Day One" weekend. The idea is to remind everyone that the calendar offers you an opportunity to start something new, to reposition yourself, and to head your life in a new and better direction. The title of the message is The Domino Effect.
We’ve all seen what happens when the dominos are set up, one is tipped, and it sets off a chain reaction that affects all the other dominos. But there is a domino effect as it relates to your life. In much the same way that pushing one domino effects the other domino’s, one behavior triggers other related behaviors causing a cumulative effect on your life.
POINT 1: HUMAN BEHAVIORS ARE OFTEN TIED TO ONE ANOTHER.
Think about how a child going to bed on time creates a chain reaction of everything to follow that night and the next day.
Proverb 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.
The same that’s true for children is true for adults.
1 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)
. . . train yourself to be godly.
POINT 2: YOU’RE ONE GOOD HABIT AWAY FROM A DOMINO EFFECT OF GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
One good habit, like reading creates a domino effect of good things for your future!!
POINT 3: CREATE MOMENTUM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Let's be confident that we can do all things, and let's start setting into motion today the things that will create momentum for tomorrow.
TALK-IT-OUT
The following questions will help guide your discussions and give your group some opportunities to open up and share.
- Can you think of a habit that you formed growing up that had a domino effect on the rest of your life?
- What good habit do you think you can start now that can have a domino effect on the rest of your life?
- What is one bad habit that you currently have that sends the dominos falling in the wrong direction?
- What holds you back from believing that you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength?
- Where have you gained momentum in 2016?
- If you knew you could not fail, what would you attempt to accomplish in 2017?
WRITE-It-Out
Encourage your group to start writing things down. In a journal or on paper, do the following exercises.
- Do your New Year's R.E.P.S. Write down at least one goal you have for 2017 for each of the following categories: Relationally, Emotionally, Physically, and Spiritually.
- Write down your New Years Resolution to God. Simply finish this sentence: God, this year I resolve to ____________________.
Live-It-Out
Encourage your group to start doing. Commit to a step and live it out this week.
- Post your 2017 goals somewhere you can see them.
- Memorize and recite Philippians 4:13 daily:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Complete Growth Track. Starting again on January 8, we will have Growth Track every Sunday at 11:30 at all of our campuses.
- Serve together as a group. To view serving opportunities with Champions Foundation, click HERE.
Closing Thoughts
- Finish group with prayer requests and praise reports.
- More resources always available here: Group Resources