"What Do I Do?" Discussion Guide

Main Thought

Our world isn’t perfect. People cry out for justice. In a Biblical sense, justice can be thought of as an equal experience and application of God’s standard. We don’t experience God’s standard equally. We aren’t all loved, treated, or celebrated the way we should be as often as we should be. Injustice exists - and God cares deeply about these injustices! He addressed specific injustices directly in His Word. But His first move in addressing injustice - and creating positive change - is adjusting the human heart. When God moves our hearts in the right direction, our heads and hands start to move the same way. It’s Jesus who ultimately transforms our hearts, reconciles us to God, and calls us to bring forth reconciliation too. Three key phrases help us on this journey. Act justly (or seek justice). Love mercy. Walk humbly with your God.

Main Passages

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- John 13:34

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6  Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7  rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!
- Philippians 2:5-8

Discussion Questions

  1. Pick one of the three key phrases: “Act justly (or seek justice),” “love mercy,” or “walk humbly with God.” Explain what that phrase means to you.

  2. Is God adjusting your heart to align with His? How so?

  3. How can you address an injustice in the world? It could be anything you’ve seen on a personal level, or even an international level. Will you take that step of faith?

Family Discussion Questions

  1. One definition of injustice is lack of fairness. Has there even been a time where you’ve ever said to yourself or someone else “it isn’t fair.” What happened in that situation and how can God help you through it if it happens again?

  2. Have you every done something you knew it was bad but your parents or teachers didn’t punish you for it? That’s is an example of mercy. Can you think of a time where you needed to or should have shown mercy to a sibling or friend? If so, what happened?