Many guys today just go to church and check it off their to-do list. Jesus wants more for Christian men.
Key Points:
- It’s easy to develop a mindset as a Christian man that you go to church, check the box, and go home. We might call this a “bare minimum” mindset.
- It’s not just about church, it’s about how you view your Christian life. This starts by trusting Jesus, what is called “step one” in the full-circle mindset. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes you a car.
- If you haven’t taken the first step of faith by trusting in Jesus Christ for your salvation, you are missing out. Take the first step, he is ready to embrace you and begin a relationship with you.
- Once you become a Christian, the second step is to live your life to honor God. We learn and lead a life of example. This means establishing a prayer life and a devotional life and modeling that for your family and kids.
- So many Christian men never get to step three: helping other people pursue God. This means discipling someone else.
- Many men don’t appreciate consumerism. Yet so many Christian men live their Christian lives as consumers. They go to church and take and go home and do that year after year, decade after decade. This turns them into takers. They are not givers in their Christian lives.
Quote This:
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. –Jerome K. Jerome
Talk About It
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Are you or have you ever been a person who views the Christian life as “checking off a box?” Why or why not?
- “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a car.” Explain what this means and how it applies to your life.
- Have you gotten to your “defining moment” of putting your faith in Jesus Christ? Explain why or why not.
- Corey encourages men to “lead by example.” What does this look like in your life with your friends, family, and others?
- Step two of the “full circle mindset” is to “honor God.” Have you reached this step yet? If you haven’t, what is holding you back? If you have, in what ways have you changed since you began “honoring God?”
- Step three – helping others pursue God – the hardest step for many people. Is it hard for you? Explain.
- What would your immediate family look like if you were truly walking in a “full circle” Christian mindset? What would your workplace look like? Your neighborhood? Your friend circles and extended family? Your church? Explain.
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
