You asked the questions, so we’re tackling them.
In this final session of Seven Questions That Rattle in the Minds of Most Men, John Woodall and D.R. Carlson revisit the questions men submitted from the series, digging deeper into the struggles, doubts, and decisions that don’t always have easy answers.
What if you’re not sure whether you’re in a season of preparation or simply stuck? What do you do when you’ve hurt someone and can’t make things right? How do you move your identity beyond your job, your bank account, or your accomplishments? How do you keep planning without trying to control the outcome? And what happens when you’ve asked God for help, but still find yourself falling?
From owning your past and renewing your mind to waiting on God’s timing, resisting temptation, and learning to trust other men again, this conversation brings the themes of the series into the realities of everyday life.
The goal was never just to ask better questions. It’s to become men who are more curious, more honest, more intentional, more dependent on God, and more willing to walk alongside one another.
As we bring this series to a close, here are the final questions: What has God been showing you? And what are you going to do with it?
Discussion Questions
- What is a one concept, insight or application you’ll take away from this session?
- Looking back over the entire Seven Questions series, which question or session had the greatest impact on you? Why? Where have you experienced a shift in your thinking, your priorities, or your relationship with God?
- Which of the seven questions do you still need to wrestle with most? Why?
- What is one specific thing you need to start, stop, or change as a result of this series?
- What is one conversation you need to have – with God, a family member, a friend, or another man?
- What would it look like to carry the spirit of this series forward, not just as something we studied, but as a way we live?
Week-Specific Questions
- Week 1 – Where am I? How do you discern whether a difficult season is something God is using to prepare you or something you need to address because of your own choices?
- Week 2 – What’s my story? How do you live with the fact that you can ask someone for forgiveness but cannot control whether they give it?
- Week 3 – Who am I? What tends to have the greatest influence on how you measure your worth: your work, income, family, accomplishments, reputation, or something else?
- Week 4 – Why am I here? How has your definition of greatness been shaped by the world? How does Jesus redefine greatness?
- Week 5 – Where am I going? What is the difference between having godly intentions and trying to control your future?
- Week 6 – What about women? Have you ever reached a point where you wondered whether asking God for help was making any difference? What did you do with that struggle?
- Week 7 – Who can I trust? If you’ve been hurt after trusting someone, how can you begin taking appropriate steps toward trust again?