Louie Giglio speaks on the issue of anxiety by exhorting us to direct our attention “upward.”
Anxiety is a massive weight and it drags people down year after year. However, there are offensive tactics we can take, says Louie. We can “gaze upward,” turning our attention from an issue to a Healer and experience progress and healing even in a pit of despair.
The Process of Lifting Your Gaze:
1. Remember the narrative we are in.
2. Inject a song of praise into the darkness of night.
3. Exercise your right to hope in God.
Discussion Questions
How do you answer the question, “To what extent do you rely on a doctor when it comes to the need for healing”?
Louie Giglio shared about the issue of “Text Neck.” Do any of you know any practical exercises or keys to preventing this bad habit?
What are your thoughts on the article, “The Surprising Joy of Raising Your Gaze”? Were you surprised to hear about these results?
What might physiological and psychological discoveries like these suggest about our faith and the instruction in Scripture?
This may be strange to do as a group – and you will need to do this when it’s dark outside - so feel free to skip this step. Take 10 minutes of group time to get up, go outside, “look up” and find the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, and NorthStar.
Let’s talk about the process of lifting our gaze. What will you think of when you choose to “remember the narrative we are in”?
Louie Giglio mentioned listening to “Speak Jesus” about 1,000 times during a difficult season. Do you have a season like this? Do you have a song of praise you played through it?
What does it mean to “exercise your right to hope in God”?
Where does your “help come from” in times of need? The biblical answer is “The LORD” but try to unpack just how “the LORD” helps you (Ps. 121:1). For instance, did He use a doctor or therapist?
Where has “help come from” that was not a healthy source? In other words, who/what have you turned to for help - in the past or recently – that you should not have turned to?
Scripture References