Good Better Best | Your Circle

Message Recap

Progress Mindset vs Perfection Mindset

“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” - Leonardo da Vinci

3 Lessons from Adam & Eve about a Healthy Circle

1. It’s not good to be alone

[Genesis 2:18]

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

[Genesis 2:25]

Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.

Let your relational pain build wisdom not walls.

2. Your Circle Should Round You Out

[Genesis 2:18]

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

Not everybody who criticizes you is a hater. 

[Proverbs 27:5-6] 

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.”

[Genesis 2:21-23]

…While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’

3. Don’t let your circle spiral the wrong way

[Genesis 3:6]

…she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

[I Corinthians 15:33]

…bad company corrupts good character.

[Proverbs 13:20]

Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

Message Discussion Questions

  • When have you felt the pain of discipline, and when have you felt the pain of regret?

  • Have you ever experienced a season of being alone? What did you learn about yourself?

  • Do you have a friend that “rounds you out”?

  • What direction is your circle spiraling?

Amanda Majors