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What is one of your favorite stories to tell? (Ex. a family story that comes up often)
Scripture
Psalm 139:1–3
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me… you are familiar with all my ways.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Observation
How would you describe God’s actions in this passage? Based on these verses, how does God relate to our lives?
These Scriptures speak to God knowing both ordinary moments (“sit” and “rise”) and unseen ones (“thoughts from afar”). Do you believe that God is with you in the unseen and the ordinary moments?
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, what does Paul mean by “new creation.” How should our lives look different if we are new creations?
What do these two passages together suggest about God’s relationship to our past, present, and future?
Application
How might God want to use our whole story? If we are new creations, why do things from the past still matter?
Have you had a moment where your reaction didn’t match what was happening around you? What would it look like for you to notice, name, and make sense of something that keeps showing up for you?
What is one step you could take this week to consider your own story and how God might want to work in that story? What makes you hesitant or excited about that process?
Prayer
God, you know me completely — my past, my patterns, and my present.
Thank you that in Christ you are not erasing my story, but restoring it.
Help me trust you with the parts I don’t yet understand,
and lead me forward into the new life you are forming in me. Amen.
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What is one of your favorite stories to tell? (Ex. a family story that comes up often)
Scripture
Psalm 139:1–3
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me… you are familiar with all my ways.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Observation
How would you describe God’s actions in this passage? Based on these verses, how does God relate to our lives?
These Scriptures speak to God knowing both ordinary moments (“sit” and “rise”) and unseen ones (“thoughts from afar”). Do you believe that God is with you in the unseen and the ordinary moments?
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, what does Paul mean by “new creation.” How should our lives look different if we are new creations?
What do these two passages together suggest about God’s relationship to our past, present, and future?
Application
How might God want to use our whole story? If we are new creations, why do things from the past still matter?
Have you had a moment where your reaction didn’t match what was happening around you? What would it look like for you to notice, name, and make sense of something that keeps showing up for you?
What is one step you could take this week to consider your own story and how God might want to work in that story? What makes you hesitant or excited about that process?
Prayer
God, you know me completely — my past, my patterns, and my present.
Thank you that in Christ you are not erasing my story, but restoring it.
Help me trust you with the parts I don’t yet understand,
and lead me forward into the new life you are forming in me. Amen.