Do Hard Things by Alex Harris
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Counterfeit Comfort and the First Hard Thing
Read Chapter 3 of Do Hard Things. Key Scripture: Hebrews 12:11; Romans 5:3-4.
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The Rebelution starts with a single step, and in this chapter Alex and Brett identify the first kind of hard thing we tend to avoid — the small, daily, unglamorous work of doing what is right even when no one is watching.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Alex and Brett describe the first category of hard things as those that are "outside your comfort zone" — not necessarily huge, dramatic acts, but everyday choices to push past what is easy and familiar. What does your personal comfort zone look like? Name two or three things you consistently avoid because they're uncomfortable.
2.The authors use the phrase "counterfeit comfort" to describe the false sense of safety we get from staying small. What makes comfort counterfeit — that is, what does it promise that it ultimately cannot deliver?
3.Hebrews 12:11 says that discipline "seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness." How does this verse reframe the difficulty of hard things — not as a sign that something is wrong, but as evidence that something good is happening?
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