HOSTS
Make sure to start off with prayer. Open up group with this icebreaker:
What did you do over Memorial Day weekend?
TALK-IT-OUT
Open the YouVersion Bible App and read Galatians 6:10 (ESV) and 1 Peter 2:17 (ESV).
Talk-it-Out: What stands out to you about these scriptures? How are you challenged by them?
Main Point: Dishonor brings everything down while honor builds everything up.
Talk-it-Out: Are you known as someone who brings people up or down? Explain.
In the message, Pastor Nichole shares a quote from Pastor Craig Groeschel that reminds us to lay our selfish egos at the altar because God places value on each and every life.
Talk-it-Out: What does laying your selfish ego at the altar look like to you specifically? What happens when others around you do not do the same?
Main Point: Honor is not what everyone does.
Talk-it-Out: How do you navigate living in a culture of dishonor?
Main Point: Honor up.
Talk-it-Out: Pastor Nichole references the life of Daniel in terms of honoring up: why is Daniel's life significant in honoring up?
Talk-it-Out: With David as the example, how do you show honor even to someone you disagree with?
Main Point: Honor down.
Talk-it-Out: Robert Smith was recently in the news for paying off the debt of the graduating class of the University in which he was the keynote speaker. Even if you don't have the financial resources to do something that generous, how can you show honor to those coming behind you?
Philippians 2:3 (NET)
“Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.”
Main Point: Honor all around.
Talk-it-Out: Who are the people you most struggle to show honor? Who are those it's easy for you to show honor? What makes them different?
Main Point: Honor with no strings attached.
Talk-it-Out: What does honor with no strings attached look like to you in the next week?
WRITE-IT-OUT
Encourage your group to start writing things down. Do the following exercise:
List who you need to show honor to this week.
LIVE-IT-OUT
Encourage your group to start doing. Commit to a step, and live it out this week.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Finish group with prayer requests and praise reports.