Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 2
He quotes, “Words tell a story, and actions reveal the truth,” then asks, “What are the words… the story that you’re telling?”—what “story” does your life actually tell when your weekly actions are examined, and what would need to change for your words and actions to align?
Another way to ask: If your weekly actions told a story about what you really believe, what story would they tell? What would need to change so your actions match your words?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript teaches that the “story” you tell yourself usually becomes the life you actually live, because “actions reveal the truth of who you are.” So examining weekly actions is a way to uncover the real story, then align words and actions by honest self-seeing and self-hearing.
- He quotes: “Words tell a story, and actions reveal the truth.”
- He asks, “What are the words? What are the story that you’re telling?” and says that story will become “the actions that you live.”
- He notes temptation: “we’re tempted to tell one story and live another,” and calls for aligning them.
- He insists: “the actions you live simply reveal the truth of who you are… that is who you are.”
- He points to Scripture: “let us not love in word or in talk, but in deed and in truth,” emphasizing both words and deeds.
- He gives the church’s stated story (vision): “We embody the church’s return to the storied Christian faith as a witness to the world,” implying actions must match that.