1.Fear…is it good or bad? DISCUSS

1.What role does fear play in our lives? 2.How is it good? 3.How is it bad? 4.What do we need to do with fear to rise to the occasion of our life? DISCUSS

I SEE YOU LOOKIN' OVER YOUR SHOULDER TELL ME WHO DO YOU THINK IS OUT THERE YOU'RE REACHIN' FOR YOUR FOUR LEAF CLOVER BUT BABY THERE AIN'T NO LUCK DOWN THERE I SWEAR THAT THERE'S NO HEART IN THIS CITY IT'S HERE THE SLOGAN READS "DO YOUR TIME" EVERYBODY'S DOIN' THEIR SENTENCE IT'S JUST THERE AIN'T NOBODY HERE WHO KNOWS JUST WHAT'S THE CRIME “FEAR” – BON JOVI

I WATCHED MY FATHER LIVE A LIE HERE I'D RATHER DIE THAN FADE AWAY I READ THE RULES AND YEAH I KNOW THEM YOU AIN'T EVER GONNA MAKE ME PLAY THE GAME OF FEAR FEAR FEAR OF A NEW THING “FEAR” – BON JOVI

RUNNING WITH THE RATS THROUGH THE CITY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE A PARTNER IN CRIME GIRL, ONCE YOU WERE YOUNG AND PRETTY NOW WON'T YOU STOP TO WATCH THAT LITTLE GIRL DIE HEY BABY, WON'T YOU STOP AND HEAR ME JUST BEIN' HERE WE'RE BREATHING HEART ATTACKS YEAH WE CAN RUN AND CHASE THE SETTING SUN BABY WE CAN RUN AND WE WON'T EVER LOOK BACK NOW “FEAR” – BON JOVI

TAKE MY HAND I KNOW WE'LL MAKE IT I'LL LET NOTHIN' SLOW US DOWN I KNOW YOU WANT TO CURSE THIS PLACE THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT'S STOPPING US NOW IT’S FEAR, FEAR, FEAR OF A NEW THING FEAR, FEAR, FEAR OF THE BRASS RING “FEAR” – BON JOVI

YOU AIN'T ONE FOR TAKIN' CHANCES YOU WORK AND YOU LIVE AND YOU BREATHE 9 TO 5 STILL THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL LIVIN' MAN, THAT'S SURVIVING TO ME, AND SURVIVING IS LIVIN' TO DIE IN FEAR… “FEAR” – BON JOVI

1.What might you decide or do, that you don’t now, of you were suddenly completely without fear? 2.Are the areas of your life where you have more faith in your fears than you do in your possibilities? DISCUSS

1.Can you see times when you speak your fears into being? 2.Are there times when you bring fear to a situation rather than faith? 3.What can you do to change this? What’s one step you can take? DISCUSS

1.What might you have been given power over, but your fears are keeping you away from? 2.What skill do you possess that society needs, that you’re not expressing as freely as you could because of other concerns? DISCUSS

ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE AND I’LL ROLL AWAY MINE TOGETHER WE CAN SEE WHAT WE WILL FIND DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE AT THIS TIME FOR I’M AFRAID OF WHAT I WILL DISCOVER INSIDE ‘CAUSE YOU TOLD ME THAT I WOULD FIND A HOLE WITHIN THE FRAGILE SUBSTANCE OF MY SOUL AND I HAVE FILLED THIS VOID WITH THINGS UNREAL AND ALL THE WHILE MY CHARACTER IT STEALS “ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE” – MUMFORD & SOSN

DARKNESS IS A HARSH TERM DON’T YOU THINK? AND YET IT DOMINATES THE THINGS I SEE IT SEEMS THAT ALL MY BRIDGES HAVE BEEN BURNT BUT YOU SAY, “ THAT’S EXACTLY HOW THIS GRACE THING WORKS” IT’S NOT THE LONG WALK HOME THAT WILL CHANGE THIS HEART BUT THE WELCOME I RECEIVE WITH THE RESTART “ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE” – MUMFORD & SOSN

DARKNESS IS A HARSH TERM DON’T YOU THINK? AND YET IT DOMINATES THE THINGS I SEE STARS HIDE YOUR FIRES THESE HERE ARE MY DESIRES AND I WILL GIVE THEM UP TO YOU THIS TIME AROUND AND SO I’LL BE FOUND WITH MY STAKE STUCK IN THIS GROUND MARKING THE TERRITORY OF THIS NEWLY IMPASSIONED SOUL “ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE” – MUMFORD & SOSN

BUT YOU YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME YOU HAVE NEITHER REASON NOR RHYME WITH WHICH TO TAKE THIS SOUL THAT IS SO RIGHTFULLY MINE “ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE” – MUMFORD & SOSN

1.What are you protecting yourself from that might be unnecessary? 2.What’s a step you could take to change this? DISCUSS