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Leader Notes

Session 4: Simplicity

SESSION GOALS

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

• Main Idea: Cultivating simplicity will give us the margin to receive the love of God and, in turn, give that love to the people around us.

• Head Change: To know that a life of giving is happier than a life of getting.

• Heart Change: To feel less inclined to accumulate new things and more inclined to practice generosity.

• Life Change: To limit our possessions and obligations to the point that we are free to live freely and joyfully in the kingdom with Jesus.

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 was the last “fun” purchase you made? Did it make you feel complete? Why or why not?

• Questions Before the Video:

  1. • 1. According to John Mark, what percentage of Jesus’s teachings are about money and possessions?

       2. In what ways does the drive to have and own more lead to a lack of peace?

       3. What is the basic idea of simple living? How did John Mark describe the idea of a simple lifestyle?

• Watch The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 4 Video

• Use The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 4 DISCUSSION GUIDE for the remainder of the group time.

• You'll need a Right Now Media account in order to access this material. You can create a Southside-provided account here: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Account/Invite/Southside

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