OPENING QUESTIONS:

1. What does an ideal date night look like to you?

2. What is something that you had to give all your efforts toward?

IN THE WORD:

1. Do people tend to see themselves as the person with the sawdust in their eye or the person with the plank? Matthew 7:1-5

2. Why is it easier to see someone else’s issues rather than our own? Matthew 7:1-5

3. What kind of effect does it have on a relationship when we see someone else’s faults but not our own? Matthew 7:1-5

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Share a time when you and someone else had different expectations on how to handle something. What happened? If you are married, share a time this happened with your spouse.

2. Have you ever put unfair expectations on someone else? If so, what happened and how did you resolve it?

3. How do you change your attitude when you find yourself being critical?

4. How can your Home Team help each other keep the right perspective in your relationships this next week?

Homework: If you are married, plan time this week you can sit down with your spouse to talk through expectations and needs on both sides. Use this time to figure out how you can serve each other.

MAKING IT PERSONAL:

CONTINUED LEARNING:

Read Ephesians 4:2-3. How do you get unstuck when a relationship is in a difficult space?