Growing A Heart That Seeks For God                                 grp187
God Gives Us Hope to Get Beyond Our Past
Ice-Breaker: Tell us about the joy that you felt when your were forgiven for something past.

Joshua 2: 14"Rahab," the spies answered, "if you keep quiet about what we're doing, we promise to be kind to you when the LORD gives us this land.... 17-20.... You must tie this red rope on your window when we attack, and your father and mother, your brothers, and everyone else in your family must be here with you. (CEV)

Hebrews 11: 31Rahab had been a prostitute, but she had faith and welcomed the spies. So she wasn't killed with the people who disobeyed. (CEV)

Romans 12: 1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God. 2Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him. (CEV)

Acts 17: 26From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be. 27God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us, (CEV)

Romans 10: 9So you will be saved, if you honestly say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death. ... 13All who call out to the Lord will be saved. (CEV)

1 John 1: 9But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away. (CEV)

Romans 5: 5By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, because of our Lord Jesus Christ, we live at peace a with God. (CEV)

Philippians 2: 4Care about them as much as you care about yourselves 5and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:...1He gave up everything and became a slave.... (CEV)

Jeremiah 29: 11I will bless you with a future filled with hope for a future of success.... (CEV)

Matthew 1: 1 Jesus Christ came from ... King David and also from .. Abraham... (CEV)

1. Why is it actually sensible to give our bodies into God's service as a living sacrifice?
2. When we feel sorry over our past mistakes and sins, what does God do about them?
3. How can we know that God is close to us and will help us to change the way we think?
4. What were some of Rahab's attitudes and actions that pleased God in spite of her past?
5. Explain how it makes you feel to be cared for and accepted in a small group.
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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