Read I Peter 5:8-9 and Philippians 2:5. The word states that Satan is able to outsmart us and devour us, if we are not careful. The battle is often in the mind. What methods of self-control are addressed here?

Read Luke 11:34-36 and I John 2:16. Each of us is controlled either by light or by darkness. The frightening thing is that some people have so hardened themselves against the Lord that they cannot tell the difference. Discuss a time when you knew that darkness was creeping into your body and how you tackled that problem.

Read Judges 17:6.

Note that every man did what was right in his own eyes, not what was wrong. The result was moral deterioration, blind leadership and morality by majority. Compare those times with our current world. How do you try to keep yourself pure during the moral decline today?

Read Proverbs 23:7 and Romans 8:1-4.

We live in a society absorbed with feelings. Yet a mind concerned with its own painful experiences, rejections, mistakes, or emotional hurts is one that refuses healing. These emotions comfort like old bandages, and many people are afraid to see what is underneath. Some cling to them because they can provide special handicapped privileges, and they use them to justify what they believe, say or do. Do you agree? Discuss how to be set free from this handicap.

Read Romans 12:3 and Philippians 2:3. Not everyone is the same. God gives gifts to each to fulfill his or her position in the Church, the body of Christ, to cooperate for the well-being of the body, not compete for its destruction. What are some of the causes of division in the body?

Read Hebrews 13:1, I Corinthians 13:7 and I Peter 4:8.

Paul says that it is an act of godly love when we keep silent about unfavorable matters, about certain sins of others (See I Corinthians 5: 11-13). A rush to condemnation can cause discord among the brethren. Do we give our brothers time to repent of their sins? What is the clear-minded approach to the matter of believers actively sinning?