LEADER GUIDE Hacked

Week 1

Making Wise Choices The Point

How to Make Wise Choices

Leader Notes Here are some reminders of what we talked about in the message: Wise choices = good life, bad choices = hard life.

The 5 points for making a wise choice: 1. Ask yourself how you feel about the choice you have to make. 2. Ask yourself if this will be helpful or hurtful to yourself or others. 3. Ask others what they think about the choice you have to make. 4. Find out what the Bible has to say about it. 5. Pray about it.

Help your students understand and apply the process of making wise choices to their lives.

Talk It Over Switch Group Questions 1. Ice breaker: Would you rather live one life that lasts 1,000

years or live 10 lives that last 100 years each? Why?

2. What did you think of this week’s episode of Hacked? What did you like about it? What stood out to you? What is something you can take away from today?

3. Tell about one of the worst choices you’ve ever made. What was the outcome? Why do you think you made that choice?

4. Tell about one of the best choices you’ve ever made. What was the outcome? Why do you think you made that choice?

5. Would you say you make more bad choices or good choices? Why would you say that?

6. Open your Bible or Bible App and look up Proverbs 1:2-5 together.

7. What do you think these verses mean and are talking about? How can you apply them to your life?

8. How can you make wise choices regularly? How can you go about making that happen?

1. What did you think about this week’s message? What stood out to you? What’s something you learned or can take away?

2. Tell about one of the worst choices you’ve ever made. What was the outcome? Why do you think you made that choice?

3. Tell about one of the best choices you’ve ever made. What was the outcome? Why do you think you made that choice?

4. Why do you think people make bad choices?

5. Open your Bible or Bible App and look up Proverbs 1:2-5 together.

6. What do you think these verses mean and are talking about? How can you apply them to your life?

7. *See leaders note above to reference the 5 points. What do you think about the 5-point process? Would you use it in your life? Why or why not? Which one of the 5 points do you think would be most valuable for you? Why?

8. How can you make wise choices regularly? How can you go about making that happen?

Lead Small Hold your students accountable. Have your students text you and/or each other this week to share a wise choice/decision they made this week. Be sure to affirm them when they do it or tell you about it.