WEEK 4: DON’T MISUSE GOD’S NAME

• Has anyone ever gotten your name wrong? What happened?
• What does your name mean?

• What are some ways people misuse God’s name?
• Why do you think people use God’s name so casually?
• What’s the difference between using God’s name and misusing God’s name?
• Why can saying “God told me to…” be a serious thing?

EXODUS 20:7 NLT

• Why do you think God cares about His name?
• What does someone’s name represent?

• What does it mean to carry the name of Jesus?
• If we carry Jesus’ name, how should that affect the way we live?
• Read 2 Corinthians 5:20 together.

TALK ABOUT IT:

WATCH WHAT YOU SAY.

• How can our words honor or dishonor Jesus?
• What’s something you say that needs to stop?
• What’s one place in which you need to watch what you say this week?
• Read Colossians 3:17 together.

SHOW PEOPLE THE WAY.

• If Christianity were a crime, would there be enough evidence in your life to convict you?
• What is one way you can show people the way to Jesus this week?
• Read Matthew 5:16 and 1 Peter 2:12 together.

POINT PEOPLE TO THE ONE WHO SAVES.

• How can you point someone toward Jesus instead of drawing attention to yourself?
• Who in your life needs to be reminded that Jesus is the One who saves?
• Read & Remember: Acts of the Apostles 4:12 NLT “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”