StoneBridge Community Church
Associate Pastor Cynthia Purvis
A game changer is an idea or event that causes a significant shift in the way you do things or the way you think about something. In sports, an athlete or a specific game play will suddenly change the outcome of a game. In order to be a game changer you have to change the way you play the game. Game changers are pivotal moments that alter our direction. In this new year, do you want to be a game changer? Do you want to have a positive impact on the world? When you become a game changer, you change your life. And your faith.
Psalms 101:1-8 NLT
Psalms 101:2 NLT
Psalms 101:3-4 NLT
1. Relentlessly choose to live a life of integrity.
Reflection Questions
1. What are you dreading this year? What are you looking forward to?
2. Have you ever compromised on your beliefs in order to fit in?
3. Have you ever relentlessly pursued something? (a job, a person, a promotion, etc)
4. Was Odysseus stupid for wanting to hear the siren song or was he brilliant because he heard it and lived to tell the tale?
5. In what ways have you been influenced by things you’ve seen?
6. What benefit is there for living a life of integrity? Doesn’t it seem like people compromise and get away with things all the time?
7. What areas of your life do you need to overhaul with integrity? Why do you feel you need to change the way you’re living in that specific area?
8. What is one action step you can take this week to live a blameless life?
2. Be original.
Psalms 101:6 NLT
Psalms 101:5 NLT
Reflection Questions
1. Have you ever seen the best show ever- Antiques Roadshow?
2. Do you have any family heirlooms that your relatives have told you are worth something? What is it and what’s the story behind it?
3. What qualities do you look for in a close friend?
4. How are you a good influence on your friends?
5. What does it mean for you to be authentic? How does that look in your life?
3. Live with a clear purpose.
Psalms 101:1 NLT
3. Live with a clear purpose: worship God.
3. Live with a clear purpose: love God and love others.
3. Live with a clear purpose: serve God by fighting for justice.
Proverbs 31:8-9 NLT
Reflection Questions
1. What’s the best Pixar movie?
2. Your purpose is to worship God, love God and fight for justice. How can knowing your purpose guide the decisions you make about your future?
4. What difference does it make in your life to worship God, love God and serve God?
5. Worship is giving all our attention and focus to God. On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is it for you to focus your attention on God? When was the last time you felt you fully focused on God?
6. How do you feel knowing we all have the same purpose?
7. What’s difficult about fighting for justice?
8. If we all have the same purpose to love God and fight for justice, how come it doesn’t appear that many people are living out that purpose?
9. What might be the downside to not living out your purpose? What is a benefit to living out your purpose?
Next Steps:
1. What kind of person do you want to be in 2020? Identify 3 intentional steps that you can take this week to becoming a game changer in 2020.
2. Look for areas of your life where you might have compromised your integrity. Put a stop to that behavior or mindset and instead, make a commitment to do the right thing.
3. Make a commitment to regularly worship God.
