Talk

Opinion is on the Mic

Louie Giglio
January, 31, 2021

We live in a world where we have access to millions of people’s opinions, and they have access to us. So, how do we separate God’s opinion of us from others? In this message, Louie Giglio walks us through the practical ways that we can make sure God is on the mic.

Key Takeaway

We can spend a lot of time listening to many different opinions about who we are. God wants us to get the world’s opinion of our lives off the mic by guarding our hearts against lies and by garnering the truth of His Word.

Definition of Opinion - a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty 

Two Key Words: Guard and Garner

How do we get Opinion off the Mic?

  1. Guard our hearts - Proverbs 4:20-27

    1. Attention is a valuable commodity

    2. Verse 23 - “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

    3. God guards us and protects us. We guard our hearts.

    4. You have to be careful about what goes into your heart and in your mind because it will come out somehow.

    5. Guard against anything contrary to what God thinks.

    6. Where do opinions come from? 1. The enemy, 2. Our inner circle of family and friends, 3. Court of public opinion, 4. In your own head

    7. How do we fight against the lies or opinions that want to get in the story? (Example of leading a team meeting) 1. Plan or plant a powerful story- set the tone, identify the right story and put it in the lead. 2. Open it up to share but set boundaries. 3. Never let go of the mic - Matthew 16:21-23 - Peter did not “have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” 4. Wrap up with a positive and inspiring landing point.

  1. Garner God’s opinion of us -to gather and store up what God is saying and thinking about me - Psalm 36:9. What is God’s opinion? His opinion is absolute, unchanging truth:

    1. I am worth Jesus to God

    2. No harm has been done to me that can’t be overcome by the love God has for me

    3. There’s sin on my record by my record has been blotted out by his blood - Isaiah 45:25

    4. If God says I can, I can. What God says I have, I have.

    5. I am not the sum of my wins and losses. I am not defined by my worst or my best. I am a loved son/daughter of the Most High God.

    6. God is greater than my circumstances.

“
"The opinion of man has to get behind the opinion of God."
”
Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

  1. What opinion has made it into your story? Are there some opinions in your story that need to be out of your story? Was an opinion given about you that over time has morphed into your opinion about yourself?

  2. Do you live out of what God says about you, or are you living for what others say about you?

  3. What would change about your life if you spent the same amount of time or more time listening to what God says about you as you do listening to what other people say about you?

  4. According to Proverbs 4:23, why is it so important to guard your heart? Where have you seen this to be true in your life?

  5. Is it difficult for you to create boundaries in your life? How can you better understand and create boundaries that will guard your heart, mind, and emotions?

  6. Louie Giglio listed seven things that God says about us that are true. Which of them are difficult for you to believe about yourself, and what can you do to get that opinion on the mic?

  7. One of the seven truths that Louie Giglio listed about who we are is “If God says I can, I can. What God says I have, I have.” According to Scripture, what are some things that God says you can do? What are some things that God says you have?

Scripture References

20My son, pay attention to what I say;

turn your ear to my words.

21Do not let them out of your sight,

keep them within your heart;

22for they are life to those who find them

and health to one’s whole body.

23Above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it.

24Keep your mouth free of perversity;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

25Let your eyes look straight ahead;

fix your gaze directly before you.

26Give careful thought to the paths for your feet

and be steadfast in all your ways.

27Do not turn to the right or the left;

keep your foot from evil.

9For with you is the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23Jesus turned and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
25But all the descendants of Israel

will find deliverance in the

Lord

and will make their boast in him.

Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.