Titus | Pastor Carlyle | 05-04-2025

Titus 3:8-15

Using the analogy of “Do It Yourself Projects gone wrong”, when have you seen Do It Yourself “Faith” projects go wrong? What have people placed their faith and devotion in that ended up letting them or others around them down? (Examples: career, relationship, possessions, ego)

There is an easy way to measure your devotion: your calendar, your checkbook, and your thinking. We are devoted to what we spend our time doing, what we spend our money on, and what we think about when we think we are not thinking. SO…what are you devoted to these days? Are you ok with that list?

Be Nice & Do Nice - Do good works V8. How easy is it for you to be nice? Does it depend on how nice others are to you? How often do you THINK about doing good works, but never actually DO them? Practice DOING good works this week.

Don’t Argue - Avoid controversies & disagreements that are really just unproductive distractions. Verse 9. How easily are you sucked into arguments that don’t really make a difference in how you live your life? What are 1 or 2 issues that make a difference in how you live your life?

Debating is not the same as arguing. Debate becomes argument when it: Shifts from understanding to winning, Shifts from issues to individuals, or Shifts from finding common ground to highlighting differences. Recently, when have you seen someone do one of these? When have you seen yourself doing this?

Have boundaries and don’t be everyone’s best friend v10&11. What relationship boundaries do you struggle to keep? Why? What are ways you can have boundaries but still do good works?

Personal Isolation leads to Personal Desolation. Do you agree? Is there someone in your life whom you can reach out to who is isolated? What “good works” can you do for/with them?