All My Ways

1. Introduction (Psalm 32):

2. When I cover my ways, I Suffer . (Psalm 32:3-4, 10a)
3. When I acknowledge my ways, I am:
   1. Forgiven . (Psalm 32:5)
   2. Directed in right paths. (Psalm 32:8-9)

Proverbs 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:6 - So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

4. When God covers my ways, I am:
   1. Blessed . (Psalm 32:1-2)
   2. Protected . (Psalm 32:6-7b, 10b)
   3. Exultant . (Psalm 32:7c, 11)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Psalm 32

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. Why do we cover our sin rather than live in the blessing of forgiveness? Why is it difficult to uncover our sin?
   

3. Consider this statement: People who have not embraced God’s grace have a difficult time extending grace to others.
   

4. After hearing this message, have you thought about past events in your life, especially difficult situations, and been able to retrospectively see God’s grace? For example, you realized your need for salvation?
   

5. How will your life be different when you acknowledge God in all your ways?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

All Things New

Introduction:

Three Things You'll Never Do In Heaven: (Revelation 22:1-5):

1. Face Death . (Rev 22:1-2)

   John 4:14 - ...whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

Proverbs 3:18 - She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.

Proverbs 11:30 - The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

Proverbs 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

2. Find Sorrow . (Rev 22:3)
3. Feel Alone . (Rev 22:4-5)

   1 Corinthians 16:22 - If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!

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Small Group Discussion
Read Revelation 22:1-5

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. Share a misconception you used to have about heaven.
   

3. Which “curse reversal” are you most looking forward to?
   

4. If we don’t need water or food to survive in heaven, why is there water and food (the river of the water of life and the tree of life)

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Covered by the Blood

Introduction:

The Gospel in the Garden: Three Foundations of Faith (Genesis 3:20-24):

1. Believe God's Promise . (Gen 3:20)
2. Receive God's Provision . (Gen 3:21)
3. Trust God's Path . (Gen 3:22-24)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:20-24

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. What is a curse? What does it mean that disobedience to God results in a curse from God? What does this have to do with Jesus? See Galatians 3:10-13
   

3. What is faith? How did Adam demonstrate faith (Gen 3:20)?
   

4. Explain the significance of God clothing Adam and Eve with skins (Gen 3:21).
   

5. Why did God drive Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:22)? How was this actually a blessing for them?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Under a Curse

Introduction:

Cursed By God: The Consequences of Sin (Genesis 3:14-19):

1. To the serpent: Defeat . (Gen 3:14-15)
2. To the woman: pain at Home . (Gen 3:16)

   Genesis 4:7 - And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.

3. To the man: pain at Work . (Gen 3:17-19)

What does this have to do with Good Friday?

Galatians 3:10-13 - For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith." But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:14-19

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. What is a curse? What does it mean that disobedience to God results in a curse from God? What does this have to do with Jesus? See Galatians 3:10-13
   

3. What is faith? How did Adam demonstrate faith (Gen 3:20)?
   

4. Explain the significance of God clothing Adam and Eve with skins (Gen 3:21).
   

5. Why did God drive Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:22)? How was this actually a blessing for them?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Fall of Man

Introduction:

The Origin and the Pattern of Sin (Genesis 3:1-13):

1. Sin starts when we Disregard God's Word. (Gen 3:1-6)
   1. You Doubt the Authenticity of God's Word. (Gen 3:1-3)
   2. You Deny the Accuracy of God's Word. (Gen 3:1)
   3. You Disobey the Authority of God's Word. (Gen 3:4-6)

2. Sin brings shame when we try to Disguise . (Gen 3:7)
3. Sin causes us to Disengage from God. (Gen 3:8-10)
4. Sin makes us want to Deflect guilt. (Gen 3:11-13)

   Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned...

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:1-13

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. Define sin, in your own words, how you would to an unbeliever.
   

3. In Gen 3:5, what did the serpent tell Eve God was withholding from her? In other words, “why was God restricting them”?
   

4. Why do you think we tend to blame others for our sin (Gen 3:12)?
   

5. Why did Satan first cast doubt on God’s Word (Gen 3:1), instead of just flat-out denying God’s Word from the beginning (Gen 3:4)?

Breakout
Pray for one another.