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SPEAKER
Agam Iheanyi-Igwe
SCRIPTURE
1 Thessalonians 2
BIG IDEA
God’s Word will rock your world!
OUTLINE
Encountering God’s word
- I accept it
- I obey it
- I’m transformed by it
Apprenticeship with God’s word
- Becoming like Jesus is the goal
- We follow the model of other apprentices
- We model for others to follow
Suffering
- Life-change can bring us suffering
- Every christian will experience suffering
- Loving relationships help us thrive when we suffer
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Discuss the first time you encountered God’s Word. Was it easy for you to accept? Has that belief changed at all? Compare it to Paul’s description in 2:13.
- At this point in your life, does following Jesus feel more like a moral list of To Do’s or more like life transformation? Explain.
- Respond to the following statement: “I can’t model or disciple anyone because I don’t know enough.”
- In what specific ways have you been encouraged by someone else’s faith? Have you told him or her about it?
- What would you consider the redemptive value of suffering for a follower of Jesus?
NEXT STEP
- I will respond to God’s word this week by _________________ .