What Makes You Happy (5) – Peace with Others

Welcome to CROLCC, we are so glad you are here worshiping with us. We are nearing the end of our series What Makes You Happy and really the discussion begins because all of us are on a happy quest. In other words, God has created all of us with the capacity of being happy and He longs to fill it. That is why we studied what Jesus said to be a blessed person, because being blessed really is being happy. We realized that happiness is a result of something, a result of a series of hard work of sowing in the right direction. Therefore last week we talked about sowing in the area of finances. We said that if we are generous and wise with the management of our money, we will be ultimately be happy. Do you remember the three easy words? Give, save, live on the rest.

We said from the beginning that happy people have this thing in common – peace. They have peace with themselves, peace with others and most likely peace with God. We have talked about having peace with God and how to achieve that peace. Today we are going to talk about having peace with others. Because truly having peace with others makes us happy.

Moving Forward

Most of us retreat to the False Peace of “if I am not bothering you, please don’t bother me.” But that’s not what we really want. We want True Peace – I can truly be me and you can truly be you. In order to achieve true peace, we must start with ourselves first, our hearts.

Changing Your Mind

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23

Discussion Questions

1. Do you like talking with people and making friends in general or would you rather do things yourself?

2. Read Proverbs 4:23. The key to making peace with others starts with me first. How is your heart? Is there anything bothering you that you need to talk to others or God about?

3. Do you believe that it is possible to have True Peace with everyone? That I can truly be me and you can truly be you? Why or why not?

4. Have you ever had a difficult conversation with someone that you felt like after the conversation you have both achieved true peace? Describe the experience.

5. Is there anything you think you can work on to equip yourself in making peace with others? How can this group support you?