Choose Wisely

Introduction

Welcome

Personal Story: I almost broke up with my wife after our 2nd date.

Accept for the fact that I chose to “choose wisely”

Movie Pitch:

There’s a movie that has an iconic moment in which someone makes a bad decision because they ask the wrong person

Tension: What’s the last bad decision you made?

Think about it! What’s the last bad decision you made? When’s the last time you made a decision that got you in trouble?

Ultimately, your friends will have a big influence on your quality of life now and where your life ends up later.

Gospel of Topic:

Creation

Fall

Jesus

Today

Eternity

Main Idea:

Main Point: The friends you choose, impact the future you will have

Bible Text:

Proverbs 12:26 “The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray”

[Righteous] Righteous means people who do the right thing. The right thing by others, the right thing by God, and the right thing by ourselves.

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[Connection] Colin you don’t understand, it’s not as if I walk into school and say, “Oh these people are awful I’m going to be friend with them.”

[Lonely] If anything you might feel lonely and feel like you’d just be ready to be friends with anyone because you want connection!

[Gospel]

[Worthy] Can I tell you the standard for a second that God built you for— it’s connection. Whole, healthy, and healing connection with other people.

Application

Are they always caught up in drama? “They just want you to know just in case…”

Do they seem to constantly be living in the fallout of bad decisions? “They stay up til 2am but then try to

Do they have your best interests in mind?

Do they treat other people well?

Prophetic: What if?