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Leader Notes

Session 2: Silence and Solitude

SESSION GOALS

Every session has a point—what each participant should walk away from the discussion knowing, feeling, and doing.

• Main Idea: Practicing silence and solitude—especially when we are busy—is essential to experiencing a healthy spiritual life.

• Head Change: To know that the busier we are, the more we need to withdraw to be with God.

• Heart Change: To feel a desire to spend uninterrupted quiet time with God, no matter how busy we are.

• Life Change: To incorporate a practice of intentional withdrawal into your weekly routine.

This study is a companion to the book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. However, for this study, we will not be reading the book together. It would be an excellent supplement for anyone wishing to do so.

Weekly Timeline

5 Days Ahead of Time

• Email the group welcoming them and providing links to that week's content.

1 Day Ahead of Time

• Send a reminder message including the time and location of the group

During the Group

• Warm-up Question:

  1. • 1. What do you do to rest? What would you do if you had more time to rest?

• Questions Before the Video:

  1. • 1. What is hurry sickness? What are the negative results of hurry sickness?

       2. How does a hurried lifestyle impact our relationship with God? What happens to our spiritual lives when we’re way too busy?

       3. How do escapist behaviors like constant scrolling through social media and bingeing television add to the problem of busyness?

• Watch The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 2 Video

• Use The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 2 DISCUSSION GUIDE for the remainder of the group time.

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