(Discussion outline for Sept 11)
Opening Prayer
“I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have – incomparable, irreplaceable
(silent prayer)
From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen,
(silent prayer)
Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do.’ “
(silent prayer)
Amen
Opening Music – Bible Slideshow
Breakout Groups
groups of 3 for 5 minutes
NOAH
Genesis 9:11,13,16
“I establish my covenant with you: never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
ABRAHAM
Genesis 12:2,3
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 15:18-20
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi[e] of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
MOSES
Exodus 12:5,6
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ “ (and God followed with The 10 Commandants)
DAVID
2 Samuel 2:11,12,16
“‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you: When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”
Genealogy Song
TheNEW COVENANT in Jesus Christ
Jeremiah31:31,33, 34
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people…. they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
Breakout Groups
groups of 3 for 4 minutes
Where are you from?
What are your hobbies?
Share about your family