Thursday, July 19, 2012

Week #1 Direct and Protect!

Thank you to all of you who came last night! Marty and I had such a blast! If you are a Facebooker, make sure you join the Guardrails Facebook group HERE! Also send your friends to our class page HERE!

Last night we covered the basics of what our Class "Guardrails" is all about! We learned that Guardrails Protect and Direct.

Here is a video about next weeks class, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" Make sure you check out the notes from last week below the video!


Here are a few notes from last night:

What is a guardrail?:
"A Guardrail is a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas."

Where do you find guardrails?: • Bridges: little room for error
• Medians: to protect you from oncoming traffic
• Soft shoulders/curves: unexpected change

Why are we talking about Guardrails?:
To encourage you to establish guardrails in other arenas of your lives . . . guardrails that are so strong and established that when we bump up against them they bother your consciences.

 Why can't we just go with the flow of culture?:
Culture feeds us with advice as "Drink Responsibly," don't have sex until you are "Ready," merely "talk" to your kids about drugs, and many more useless concepts. Establishing guardrails in all aspects of your life protects you from having disasters.

Scripture for this Week, Ephesians 5:15-17: 
"15 Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."

Nobody plans to...: 
1. Have financial ruin through debt
2. Have a violent marriage
3. Get involved with a married man/woman
4. Fall in love with Mr./Mrs. Wrong
5. Become addicted to anything

Guardrails are how you plan "NOT TO" have disaster in your life.

Conclusion: 
1. Here’s the added benefit to all of this. Guardrails not only protect, they DIRECT.

2. You will find it so much easier to discern the voice of God in your life once you establish guardrails. You will be amazed.

3. In the weeks to come, we are going to touch on friends, money, time, and marriage. Emmy and Tiffany will be helping Marty and Ryan on the subject of marriage.

4. What do you need to face up to today? Where are you flirting with disaster? That’s where you need to begin. And this isn’t the first time you've been warned, God is bringing these things to your attention for a reason. 


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