You and Me Forever by Francis Chan
Week 3: Chapter 2 — Live for Today
Read Chapter 2 of You and Me Forever. Key passages: James 4:13–15; Psalm 90:12; 2 Corinthians 4:17–18.
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This chapter is an invitation to live with urgency — not anxiety — because you know this life is brief and what you do with it matters forever.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.The Chans open this chapter by confronting the reality that our time on earth is vanishingly short. How does James 4:13–15's image of life as 'a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes' land on you personally?
2.Francis and Lisa challenge the common tendency to defer significant decisions — about generosity, mission, obedience — until conditions are more convenient. Where are you currently waiting for a better time to obey something God has already made clear to you?
3.The chapter argues that a marriage shaped by eternal urgency will look radically different from one focused on comfort and security. What are some concrete ways a couple's daily life might look different if they genuinely believed they had very little time left?
a.What would they stop doing?
b.What would they start doing?
c.What conversations would they have that they have been avoiding?