Have you ever been in a difficult situation and you’ve found it really hard to see a way through it? Chat about that situation with the people in your group.

On a piece of paper, do a quick brain storm of all the ways people behave when they are going through a difficult situation. Now decide which ways are helpful and which are unhelpful for overcoming.

Discuss what Lydia means when she says, “We become overwhelmed and can feel ‘stuck’ ”.

Practice the Catchphrase - ‘Mana Tu, Mana Toa, Mana Ake Ake’ and ‘Focus beyond’.

How does ‘focussing beyond’ help when we’re in a difficult situation?

There have probably been times when you’ve been an overcomer and other times when you haven’t. Describe how these two outcomes felt for you. If you’ve only felt one way and never the other, make sure to listen to the others in your group.

Take a moment to think of a difficult situation you may be dealing with right now. It might be a big one like a conflict with friends, or it could be like having to walk home in the rain. Using that situation, practice ‘focussing beyond’ then share what you came up with.

Stu has a difficult situation ahead of him, making a Jacob’s Ladder in three minutes, when even in the practices he hasn’t managed to complete it. What do you think makes Stu try, even though he knows he probably won’t overcome it?

When we want to be ‘overcomers’ in a difficult situation it helps to ‘focus beyond’. What did Stu do to ‘focus beyond’ and help him be an overcomer in this 3MD?

Stu didn’t complete the Jacob’s Ladder in the three minutes. Discuss what Stu could do next.