Relationship Reset: Scrolling on Purpose
Selected Scriptures
Connect:
Share how you have seen God in the Highs and Lows of your week.
Prayer:
Pray that God would lead your discussion time and bring fresh insight, conviction, and hope through your time together.
Review:
Relationships shape every part of our lives — at home, at work, in dating, in marriage, and across generations. But without intentionality, even the most important relationships can drift from God’s design. Relationship Reset is a practical and biblical journey toward realignment — learning how to build healthier marriages, wiser dating lives, stronger families, better workplace connections, and more redemptive conflict. From motherhood and fatherhood to screens and singleness, this series challenges us to stop drifting and start building. Because when our relationships align with God’s design, they don’t just function — they flourish. This week, we looked at the effects of “doom scrolling” /the constant distractions of screens on our relationships…
The Grand Tour of the message: Thinking back on what you heard this Sunday…
o What did you learn about God?
o What did you learn about people?
o What did you learn about yourself?
o What do you want to commit to putting into practice?
Reflection:
Personal Experience & Discussion:
Take an estimate of how much time you spend on a screen on average in a day (computers at work, phone use for any and everything, watching TVs…). Then imagine living in a time and place where there were no screens (e.g. early 1900s). Discuss: What would you miss, and what would you gain?
Reflective Discussion (Remember to look at the context of the verses as you are reading!):
Read Philippians 4:6-9. We live in the most anxious generation on record, even though we are also the most connected! DISCUSS: How does the passage we just read help us to evaluate our use of tech and media?
They say we are becoming what we are thinking, and if that’s true, we probably need to pay attention to what it is that distracts our attention! Discuss: Do you think God holds us accountable for what we choose to focus our thinking on? (Prov 23:7, Ps 101:3, 1 Peter 1:13, Romans 8:6-11, Gal 5:16,17)
The ability to discern what is healthy vs unhealthy is necessary for a life of flourishing. Discuss how these verses might help us in establishing conscious boundaries on our use of media (Matt 5:29-30, Titus 2:11-12, Prov 25:28, Gal 5:22-23)
One day, everyone of us will run out of time; we will pass away and enter eternity. Discuss: How does holding an “eternal perspective” help us to discipline our use and distraction of technology? (Heb 9:27, Prov 1:5, Rom 12:1-3, Col 3:1-4, 2 Cor 4:16-18)
Application:
Most of us have the sense that our screens are too distracting; now that we’re talking about it, decide on what limits you will set, for yourself and your family, and find someone in your group to help hold you accountable to that commitment.
Prayer:
Spend some time recommitting yourselves to the purposes of God’s Kingdom in the time you each have left. We are not guaranteed tomorrow, but the time we do have we can commit to the purpose of God in and through our lives.
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