Break the ice
What is something encouraging someone has said to you to build you up this week?
Small group questions
- Do you think most people understand just how powerful our words are? Why or why not?
- Read Luke 6:45. Be honest, what words are you saying? What words are your friends saying?
The Tree and Its Fruit
45A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Why do people realize the power of the words when they are impacted by it, but not when our words impact others?
- Can you tell us about a time when words hurt you or someone you know?
- How does adopting this mindset in Ephesians 4:29 help you avoid speaking hurtful words?
29Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
6.What would it look like to build people up with your words on a regular basis? How can you do that this week?
Moving forward
Ephesians 4:29 teaches us how to avoid speaking hurtful words. Commit as a group to memorize this verse and choose to put this verse into action so that each one of you will become people who build people up, not tear people down with your words.
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