Week 1: Introduction — Made for More Than This

1.Lysa opens with the image of someone "bumping into her happy" and everything coming undone. Can you think of a recent moment — big or small — when something similar happened to you? What were the circumstances?

2.She is careful to distinguish between being an "unglued" person and having unglued moments. Why does that distinction matter, and how does it change the way you feel about yourself as you begin this study?

3.Lysa frames this book around a core conviction: God gave us emotions to experience life, not destroy it. What does that idea challenge or confirm in your current understanding of emotions and faith?

4.She admits that as a Christian woman she felt she was "supposed" to have it together emotionally, yet she clearly didn't. Where does that pressure come from in your own life — family background, church culture, personal expectations?

5.The book promises that you can respond to situations out of control without acting out of control. On a scale of 1–10, how believable does that promise feel right now? What makes it hard to believe?

6.What relationship or recurring situation are you most hoping this book will help you navigate? Take a moment to name it specifically, even if only in your journal.

7.Romans 12:2 speaks of being "transformed by the renewing of your mind." How does Lysa's vision for emotional growth connect to that kind of transformation? What does renewal have to do with the way we react?

8.Lysa calls this journey one of "imperfect progress." How does the gospel — the truth that God accepts us fully in Christ even as He works to change us — make that kind of messy progress possible rather than discouraging?