1. Triad Talks Get into groups of three people and answer the following questions: 1.What is your name/major/home town? 2.What is one thing that stood out to you from last week’s message? 3.What is the longest you have ever gone without speaking?

2. How to Receive God’s Help (Part 2)

3. Grace:

4. grace effort

6. Approach indirectly Long-term solution Focus on changing all of you Work Wiser Confront directly Short-term fix Focus on one aspect of your life Work harder Trying vs. Training

7. Disciplines – The Goal 1.Lead us to God 2.Make us like Jesus 3.Equip us for the work God has prepared for us

8. Superficiality is the curse of this age. The doctrine of instant gratification is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people. A.W. Tozer

9. For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim out lives instead of actually living them. John Ortberg

16. “Say ‘NO’ Muscles” “Say ‘YES’ Muscles Fasting Solitude Silence Simplicity Confession “Go Time” Study Prayer time Celebration Journaling Service

17. How to Succeed at Disciplines Make a clear decision Get a mentor who excels in that area Have a clear goal Think long term Start at a doable level Follow the “wind” Look to, and wait upon, God Read good books about disciplines

19. Triad Talks (Remix) Get into groups of three people and answer the following questions: 1.What do you think God is saying to you through the message tonight? 2.What discipline(s) do you want to start? 3.What is your plan for doing that? 4.Pray for each other.