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72<br />
THY KINGDOM COME<br />
session 6 73<br />
WATCH THE DVD FOR THIS SESSION AND<br />
CAPTURE THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO REMEM-<br />
BER ABOUT THIS WEEK’S TEACHING.<br />
AFTER WATCHING THE DVD, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:<br />
GROWING<br />
TOGETHER<br />
Culture shock is a very real phenomenon. Just<br />
ask anyone who’s lived in another country or<br />
culture for an extended amount of time and<br />
they’ll tell you it is a huge adjustment. When<br />
you are a citizen of the United States but you<br />
live in Japan or France or Mexico, you must<br />
deal with a constant bombardment of new and<br />
sometimes strange customs, foods, languages<br />
and experiences. Culture shock can cause anxiety,<br />
sadness, insomnia, and even physical pain.<br />
We are citizens of the kingdom who are living<br />
in a foreign place that is nothing like our home,<br />
and it can be tempting to just give in to the<br />
values we find here. Let’s think through this<br />
idea together, starting with the video teaching.<br />
Discuss the struggle of trying to live the values of the kingdom when we are so highly<br />
influenced by the values of our culture?<br />
Cal mentions there can be a temptation to stop caring about other people and identify<br />
only with God’s kingdom. Can you relate to that? How should our “dual citizenship”<br />
cause us to treat others?<br />
React to his caution against our tendency to equate being a Christian with being an<br />
American.
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