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Genesis 33

Read Genesis 33 to establish the context for the group discussion.

When you hear the word “sustainability,” what do you immediately think about? If you could clear your presuppositions, what would be a good working definition of “sustainability?”

How does having a relationship with Jesus help you to live a sustainable life?

How does Jacob model humility? How does humility disarm conflicts? How did it disarm the 400 warriors of Esau coming to meet Jacob? (Gen 33:1-3)

Share a time you were upset - and someone came with humility - and it immediately lowered the temperature in the room.

What is a biblical response to conflict? Break down Matthew 5:23-24 in as many action steps as you can find (HINT: there are 4 imperative commands/calls to action in the two verses. What is a blblical response to people who continue to stir up conflict? (Titus 3:10)

Compare and contrast Esau’s speed in life vs Jacobs. (Gen 33:12-16)

Talk about which of the 4 tips to avoiding a fast and furious life resonated most to you.

Close by reading Gen 33:18… What does it mean to arrive at your destination SAFELY?

Genesis 33

Read Genesis 33 to establish the context for the group discussion.

When you hear the word “sustainability,” what do you immediately think about? If you could clear your presuppositions, what would be a good working definition of “sustainability?”

How does having a relationship with Jesus help you to live a sustainable life?

How does Jacob model humility? How does humility disarm conflicts? How did it disarm the 400 warriors of Esau coming to meet Jacob? (Gen 33:1-3)

Share a time you were upset - and someone came with humility - and it immediately lowered the temperature in the room.

What is a biblical response to conflict? Break down Matthew 5:23-24 in as many action steps as you can find (HINT: there are 4 imperative commands/calls to action in the two verses. What is a blblical response to people who continue to stir up conflict? (Titus 3:10)

Compare and contrast Esau’s speed in life vs Jacobs. (Gen 33:12-16)

Talk about which of the 4 tips to avoiding a fast and furious life resonated most to you.

Close by reading Gen 33:18… What does it mean to arrive at your destination SAFELY?

Genesis 33

Read Genesis 33 to establish the context for the group discussion.

When you hear the word “sustainability,” what do you immediately think about? If you could clear your presuppositions, what would be a good working definition of “sustainability?”

How does having a relationship with Jesus help you to live a sustainable life?

How does Jacob model humility? How does humility disarm conflicts? How did it disarm the 400 warriors of Esau coming to meet Jacob? (Gen 33:1-3)

Share a time you were upset - and someone came with humility - and it immediately lowered the temperature in the room.

What is a biblical response to conflict? Break down Matthew 5:23-24 in as many action steps as you can find (HINT: there are 4 imperative commands/calls to action in the two verses. What is a blblical response to people who continue to stir up conflict? (Titus 3:10)

Compare and contrast Esau’s speed in life vs Jacobs. (Gen 33:12-16)

Talk about which of the 4 tips to avoiding a fast and furious life resonated most to you.

Close by reading Gen 33:18… What does it mean to arrive at your destination SAFELY?

Sunday, August 8

Genesis 32:22-34

What kind of emotional state is Jacob in based on what you read in Genesis 32:1-7?

The text says that Jacob was distressed and afraid and he was alone (Gen. 32:7, 24). Share a time in your life when you were distressed, afraid, and alone. How did you find comfort? How did you cope with it?

Why do you think time alone and stopping the fret is a way God shows Himself to us? (read Psalm 46:10)

Can you think of a time when you spiritually wrestled with God over a decision, a direction He was calling you to take, or maybe like Jacob, wrestling with God being the leader of your life?

Jacob had his father's blessing and that gave Jacob blessings for living physically and emotionally in life. Why was Jacob so insistent on getting the blessing from God, the spiritual blessing? (Gen. 32:26)

What does a spiritual blessing give you that a physical blessing doesn't?

What two blessings come with the spiritual blessings? (answer: new life and redeemed past; see Gen. 32:28-32)

Sunday, August 8

Genesis 32:22-34

What kind of emotional state is Jacob in based on what you read in Genesis 32:1-7?

The text says that Jacob was distressed and afraid and he was alone (Gen. 32:7, 24). Share a time in your life when you were distressed, afraid, and alone. How did you find comfort? How did you cope with it?

Why do you think time alone and stopping the fret is a way God shows Himself to us? (read Psalm 46:10)

Can you think of a time when you spiritually wrestled with God over a decision, a direction He was calling you to take, or maybe like Jacob, wrestling with God being the leader of your life?

Jacob had his father's blessing and that gave Jacob blessings for living physically and emotionally in life. Why was Jacob so insistent on getting the blessing from God, the spiritual blessing? (Gen. 32:26)

What does a spiritual blessing give you that a physical blessing doesn't?

What two blessings come with the spiritual blessings? (answer: new life and redeemed past; see Gen. 32:28-32)

Sunday, August 8

Genesis 32:22-34

What kind of emotional state is Jacob in based on what you read in Genesis 32:1-7?

The text says that Jacob was distressed and afraid and he was alone (Gen. 32:7, 24). Share a time in your life when you were distressed, afraid, and alone. How did you find comfort? How did you cope with it?

Why do you think time alone and stopping the fret is a way God shows Himself to us? (read Psalm 46:10)

Can you think of a time when you spiritually wrestled with God over a decision, a direction He was calling you to take, or maybe like Jacob, wrestling with God being the leader of your life?

Jacob had his father's blessing and that gave Jacob blessings for living physically and emotionally in life. Why was Jacob so insistent on getting the blessing from God, the spiritual blessing? (Gen. 32:26)

What does a spiritual blessing give you that a physical blessing doesn't?

What two blessings come with the spiritual blessings? (answer: new life and redeemed past; see Gen. 32:28-32)

Sunday, August 8

Genesis 32:22-34

What kind of emotional state is Jacob in based on what you read in Genesis 32:1-7?

The text says that Jacob was distressed and afraid and he was alone (Gen. 32:7, 24). Share a time in your life when you were distressed, afraid, and alone. How did you find comfort? How did you cope with it?

Why do you think time alone and stopping the fret is a way God shows Himself to us? (read Psalm 46:10)

Can you think of a time when you spiritually wrestled with God over a decision, a direction He was calling you to take, or maybe like Jacob, wrestling with God being the leader of your life?

Jacob had his father's blessing and that gave Jacob blessings for living physically and emotionally in life. Why was Jacob so insistent on getting the blessing from God, the spiritual blessing? (Gen. 32:26)

What does a spiritual blessing give you that a physical blessing doesn't?

What two blessings come with the spiritual blessings? (answer: new life and redeemed past; see Gen. 32:28-32)

Read Genesis 29:1-20 to establish the context for the group discussion.

What is your favorite love story movie?

The past two massages at GPC, first with Caleb and now with Mike, they both drove home “Serving matters”. Do you agree with their hypothesis? Why or why not?

Mike added to the statement this week: “Serving matters because Love Serves”

How does God’s ABC (Abrahamic Blessing Covenant) model a loving covenant? Re-read how God restates his unilateral commitment to the covenant in each of the generation starting with Abraham. (Genesis 12:3; 26:3-4; 28:14). How does it make you feel when you consider how dysfunctional patriarch’s families were, yet God’s unconditional commitment to his BLESSING covenant?

Read Genesis 29:15-18. Fill in the first blank: Love serves. How did Jacob demonstrate his loyal love for Rachel? In loving the church, how did Paul and the church demonstrate his love for one another: (1 Thessalonians 1:3)

Complete the blank Love serves _________. How does Jacob model “sacrificial love”? (Gen 29:27; 31:41) Fourteen years of faithful service to get the wife whom he loved. Mike shared stories of some people who have been serving in the church for 10 years and longer, many in the same position. What does that tell you about their commitment to love the bride of Christ well?

Should our service of love be a DUTY or a DELIGHT? How do we know that Jacob serving Leban was a delight? Read Genesis 29:20.

Explain this life principle: LIFE PRINCIPLE

I LOVE WHAT I SERVE

I SERVE WHAT I LOVE

What grade (or class) might your group consider adopting and serving together in loving the next generation?

Read Genesis 29:1-20 to establish the context for the group discussion.

What is your favorite love story movie?

The past two massages at GPC, first with Caleb and now with Mike, they both drove home “Serving matters”. Do you agree with their hypothesis? Why or why not?

Mike added to the statement this week: “Serving matters because Love Serves”

How does God’s ABC (Abrahamic Blessing Covenant) model a loving covenant? Re-read how God restates his unilateral commitment to the covenant in each of the generation starting with Abraham. (Genesis 12:3; 26:3-4; 28:14). How does it make you feel when you consider how dysfunctional patriarch’s families were, yet God’s unconditional commitment to his BLESSING covenant?

Read Genesis 29:15-18. Fill in the first blank: Love serves. How did Jacob demonstrate his loyal love for Rachel? In loving the church, how did Paul and the church demonstrate his love for one another: (1 Thessalonians 1:3)

Complete the blank Love serves _________. How does Jacob model “sacrificial love”? (Gen 29:27; 31:41) Fourteen years of faithful service to get the wife whom he loved. Mike shared stories of some people who have been serving in the church for 10 years and longer, many in the same position. What does that tell you about their commitment to love the bride of Christ well?

Should our service of love be a DUTY or a DELIGHT? How do we know that Jacob serving Leban was a delight? Read Genesis 29:20.

Explain this life principle: LIFE PRINCIPLE

I LOVE WHAT I SERVE

I SERVE WHAT I LOVE

What grade (or class) might your group consider adopting and serving together in loving the next generation?

Read Genesis 29:1-20 to establish the context for the group discussion.

What is your favorite love story movie?

The past two massages at GPC, first with Caleb and now with Mike, they both drove home “Serving matters”. Do you agree with their hypothesis? Why or why not?

Mike added to the statement this week: “Serving matters because Love Serves”

How does God’s ABC (Abrahamic Blessing Covenant) model a loving covenant? Re-read how God restates his unilateral commitment to the covenant in each of the generation starting with Abraham. (Genesis 12:3; 26:3-4; 28:14). How does it make you feel when you consider how dysfunctional patriarch’s families were, yet God’s unconditional commitment to his BLESSING covenant?

Read Genesis 29:15-18. Fill in the first blank: Love serves. How did Jacob demonstrate his loyal love for Rachel? In loving the church, how did Paul and the church demonstrate his love for one another: (1 Thessalonians 1:3)

Complete the blank Love serves _________. How does Jacob model “sacrificial love”? (Gen 29:27; 31:41) Fourteen years of faithful service to get the wife whom he loved. Mike shared stories of some people who have been serving in the church for 10 years and longer, many in the same position. What does that tell you about their commitment to love the bride of Christ well?

Should our service of love be a DUTY or a DELIGHT? How do we know that Jacob serving Leban was a delight? Read Genesis 29:20.

Explain this life principle: LIFE PRINCIPLE

I LOVE WHAT I SERVE

I SERVE WHAT I LOVE

What grade (or class) might your group consider adopting and serving together in loving the next generation?