Yes! To A Lifestyle of
Blessing!!!
First – A Lifestyle of Accepting
Others
As
Created Creators.
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Lesson for the Week of September 9, 2006
Genesis
1
THE CONDENSED
VERSION (For groups
with limited time or for family dinner discussions.)
Overview: Genesis means
“origin,” “beginning,” and the book of Genesis is about beginnings. In it, God lays the groundwork for our
ongoing relationship with Him.
Genesis begins with God’s creation of the world and its most blessed
occupants, people (male and female).
This fall Pastor Tim is going to teach lead us on a journey as we explore
the Book of Genesis and what it reveals to us about how we should be living our
lives. This first lesson is about
creation. We have been designed in
the image of the creator so we were created to create. Not only create but to enjoy what we
create and to bless it.
.
Read: Genesis 1:1-5
Discuss: Share with one another something you are
longing to create. What is holding
you back? What might be a first
step for you?
Pray: Share prayer requests with one
another. Be open and honest asking
God to release you from whatever may be blocking you from being the creator He
has designed you to be. (Let people
share their prayer requests without taking time to give them advise or try to
solve their creative dilemma.)
OPTIONAL
OPENING ICE BREAKER
(As we try to
draw closer together as a group, it is helpful to learn interesting facts about
each other. Ice Breakers can help
us know each other better.)
As a
child, what was you favorite “make believe” game to play?
INTRODUCTION
Read through
the “Overview” in the “Condensed Version” box above.
DISCUSSION
THOUGHTS
1.
Read Genesis
1:1-5 in two different translations of the Bible. What does it mean to create? What was the first thing that God saw as
good about His creation? How
important is light to us as creators?
2.
Read Genesis
1:27-28. Pastor Tim in His message
this weekend said that we should “Accept ourselves as created creators.” What does that mean to you? Why is creativity important for us to
have a “Lifestyle of Blessing”? (See Ephesians 210)
3.
God gives us
an incredible promise in Revelation 3:8.
What door has he opened for you recently? How does His promise enable you to be
free to be more creative with your life?
4.
Read Genesis
1:22-23. Pastor Tim’s second point
was that “we have the power to bless or curse what we create.” What do you find yourself doing most
often – “blessing or cursing” you own creations?
5.
In Jeremiah
31:23 God is making a promise to the broken nation of
6.
In Genesis
1:27 God tells us we are created in His likeness (image). Read Ephesians 4:24 -32. How should “created creators” be
acting? What things might be
blocking your creativity?
(over)
CLOSING
PRAYER
1. Take time to share creative blessings
with one another. (How has God
allowed you to be blessedly creative this week.)
2. Share
prayers and praises with one another.
3. Pray that
God blesses people in our church financially so that we will be able to raise
the additional pledges we need to complete our building project on time. Also, pray for good weather so that our
project does not get “rained out.”
4. Pray for the Lord to bring new people to
our church – both our Redmond Campus and our North Campus
services.