In this series
March 30, 2025
Reformat Your Mind
In the final week of Emotional Regulation, Pastor Chip unpacks how we can reframe our thinking for lasting transformation.
Dive deeper into the message with these discussion questions!
General:
- How have you personally experienced the connection between your thoughts and your emotions?
- Pastor Chip referenced a quote from Psychology Today. How does it impact you to realize that your thoughts aren’t just ideas—but they actually affect your brain chemistry and emotions?
- What mental or emotional strongholds have you battled, and what might “demolishing” them look like in your life? What have you turned to for fighting these battles?
- In what ways might unchallenged thoughts impact a person’s spiritual growth or emotional regulation?
- What kinds of thoughts are hardest to take captive? Why?
- What is one takeaway from the ER series that you are currently applying—or want to begin applying—in your life, and who can help hold you accountable?
Take Home 1: Our mind is a battlefield (2 Cor. 10:4)
- What does the idea of your mind being a battlefield mean to you?
- Where do you see the biggest mental or emotional battles happening in your life right now?
- How does viewing the mind as a spiritual battlefield impact the way you pray, study Scripture, or seek accountability?
Take Home 2: We need a need operating system in the hard drive (our mind)
- What does it look like to “set your mind on things above” (Col. 3:2)? How do you do that practically?
- Romans 12:2 calls us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. In what ways are you being conformed to the patterns of the world instead?
- Pastor Chip shared some of his own insecurities—what’s one fear or insecurity that you feel God is calling you to surrender or reframe?
Take Home 3: It is vital for us to meditate on God’s Word (Ps. 1:2, 119:15)
- What is your current rhythm of engaging with Scripture? How consistent is it—and how does it affect your mindset?
- What might it practically look like for you to build meditation on Scripture into your daily rhythm?
- Where and when are you most likely to pause and reflect on truth—morning, commute, lunch break, before bed?
- When a discouraging or anxious thought comes, what Scripture or truth can you intentionally meditate on in response?
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Teacher
Dr. Chip Bennett
Senior Pastor/Teaching Elder