Play the Man by Mark Batterson
Week 7: Chapter 6 — Virtue 6: Raw Passion
Read Chapter 6 of Play the Man by Mark Batterson.
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Passion often gets misdirected — into ambition, anger, or appetite — but Batterson calls men to recover a raw, God-directed passion that burns for what God burns for. Come ready to ask what you are truly passionate about.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Batterson argues that passion itself is not the problem — misdirected passion is. What are the passions that currently get the most of your emotional energy? Are those passions producing fruit you are proud of?
2.The chapter draws on the image of "holy discontent" — the idea that God gives certain men a burning frustration with the way things are as a fuel for changing them. Have you ever felt that kind of holy discontent? What was it about, and what did you do with it?
3.Batterson contrasts the man who lives with passive resignation — going through the motions of life and faith — with the man who is lit up by a sense of God-given purpose. Which of those describes you more honestly right now?
a.If you have lost passion — for your marriage, your work, your faith, your calling — when do you think it happened, and why?
b.What does Batterson suggest about how to get it back?