This week on Locker Room we are kicking off a new series of episodes and we're calling it Southland Men.

Each week we will be hearing the stories of men in our church that are in the battle, recovering ground, and walking a new path. These guys are taking courageous steps, fighting both for their own lives and the lives of their families. These men are making their lives count.

Up first this week is a conversation with Addison Hughes, talking about three obstacles that many of us have struggled with in our own lives: perfectionism, idolatry, and fear.

DISCUSSION GUIDE:

Have you ever wiped out on the ski slopes or somewhere else? How'd it happen?

What group or team has made the biggest impact in your life? Why was it so valuable?

Perfectionism - Do you err on the side of perfectionism or carelessness? Why do you think that is? If you wrestle with perfectionism, what type is it? Self-oriented, expectation-driven, or others-oriented?

Idolatry - What things, good or bad, have been idols in your life? Which of these things have you been able to put in the right place in your life? What are idols you still struggle with placing in front of God?

Fear - What are some of the biggest fears in your life? Do you tend to catastrophize (fixate on the worst possible outcome)?

Read Genesis 1:26-27 & John 1:12-13. What do these passages say about our identity? Is it hard for you to accept this identity?

Read John 19:30 & Colossians 2:13-14. The Cross is Enough. Why do you think men tend to act like that isn't true? How do you try to earn what Jesus has already given you?

Read Matthew 11:28-30. What does it look like to go to Jesus in times of fear, anxiety or exhaustion? How has Jesus given you rest? What does his "yoke" look like from your experience?

What else from the podcast spoke to you?

What did God/Holy Spirit speak/prompt/say to you?  What's God asking you to do?  What does He want to give you?  What does He want you to lay down?

NEXT STEPS 

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