General questions to open up the topic:
1.
How much social media do you use?
a.
Would you select fast food over a slow
restaurant?
b.
How fast do you scroll down?
2.
When was the last time you had to be patient?
3.
Do you find it hard to wait for something?
a.
Would you select the shortest line or wait in
yours?
b.
Do you press the close button when in a lift or
wait for it to automatically close?
c.
Watch an action packed movie or a slow “boring”
one to the end?
d.
When you open doors, do you go in or let others
pass first?
e.
What is your feeling when pages load slowly/slow
internet?
f.
Do you have a feeling that you need the fastest
broadband?
4.
When you are typing something do you take time
to process what is written before hastily sending it?
5.
What would you rate your ability to make patient
choices from 1-10?
a.
How patient would you rate yourself? From a
scale of 1-3
6.
What is the last book you read?
a.
How long can you sit down and read?
b.
Would you rather watch a youtube synopsis?
c.
How many tabs do you open in the browser?
7.
Could you be patient with another person?
a.
Who is the one person you are least patient
with?
b.
Who do you think has shown you the most patience
in life?
8.
Have you heard of delayed gratification?
a.
Definition. Delayed gratification refers to the
ability to put off something mildly fun or pleasurable now, in order to gain
something that is more fun, pleasurable, or rewarding later. For example, you
could watch TV the night before an exam, or you could practice delayed
gratification and study for the exam.
Slightly guided:
1.
What do you think of patience as something that
can be chosen?
a.
Are some people born naturally short tempered?
b.
Is it a nature or nurture thing?
2.
The Bible talks about one of the fruit of the
Spirit being patience or forbearing/long suffering what do you think about God
helping a person to be patient?
3.
How it leads back to Jesus
1.
Jesus showed patience leading up to this death,
he was flogged, humiliated and forced to carry His cross, His own instrument of
execution. He could have called down an army of angels to save Him at any
point, but didn’t. Do you think that you would ever be as patient as Him? Do you
want to be a more patient person? DO you believe that God can help you to be
more patient?
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