This week's Life Group Questions
1. REVIEW
In this study we learned that your Heavenly Father wants you to encounter Him as your Creator. He desires to free you from the lies that steal your worth and keep you from experiencing His perfect love. Let’s explore how this study connects with your life.
Conversation starter: What is one key insight that you gained from this study?
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2. APPLICATION
A. Which one of these ideas shaped the context in which you grew up?
___ Atheist: I used to think that I was the outcome of random processes. God did not create me.
___ Reincarnation: I used to think that I am who I am because I was paying for the sins of my past life.
___ Undesired: I used to think that I was worthless because I was often told those words growing up.
___ Compared: I used to think that I was inferior to others because I was told so while growing up.
___ Ugly: I used to think that I was ugly because I had the wrong traits.
B. Which of these tendencies have shaped your life?
___ I often feel that I am worthless and struggle to remember that my value is in my Creator.
___ I often feel that I should have been born a different person from who I am. I’m a mistake.
___ I often feel that I need to accomplish goals in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to gain more money in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to gain more social status in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to look nicer in order to increase my worth.
3. GET DEEPER
A. Which one of these truths about your Heavenly Father is harder for you to embrace?
1. ___ God has made me as He wanted. I am not a mistake.
2. ___ God has put a lot of thought into making me. I am His good idea. I am good enough.
3. ___ God loves me because He made me. He will always love me for who I am not for what I can do.
4. ___ God loves me always; therefore He will sustain me from birth to death.
4. GROUP PRAYER:
Before you pray, identify the lies that you have believed about yourself so you can bring them to your Creator. He wants you to be free from those distortions so you can experience his unconditional love.
Heavenly Father,
a. Thank you for loving me and inviting me to encounter you in deeper ways.
b. I invite you to heal those places in my life where I have allowed lies to shape the way I see myself.
c. Today, I renounce the lie that I _____________________________________________________.
d. I ask you to break the power of these lies in my life and let me walk in the truth of your love.
e. Today, I confess that you are my loving Creator, that I am priceless because you made me, and that in you I will always be good enough to be everything you created me to be.
f. I know that you love me. Your love for me will never change. Thank you for creating me and loving me the way you do.
g. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!
In this study we learned that your Heavenly Father wants you to encounter Him as your Creator. He desires to free you from the lies that steal your worth and keep you from experiencing His perfect love. Let’s explore how this study connects with your life.
Conversation starter: What is one key insight that you gained from this study?
________________________________________________________________
2. APPLICATION
A. Which one of these ideas shaped the context in which you grew up?
___ Atheist: I used to think that I was the outcome of random processes. God did not create me.
___ Reincarnation: I used to think that I am who I am because I was paying for the sins of my past life.
___ Undesired: I used to think that I was worthless because I was often told those words growing up.
___ Compared: I used to think that I was inferior to others because I was told so while growing up.
___ Ugly: I used to think that I was ugly because I had the wrong traits.
B. Which of these tendencies have shaped your life?
___ I often feel that I am worthless and struggle to remember that my value is in my Creator.
___ I often feel that I should have been born a different person from who I am. I’m a mistake.
___ I often feel that I need to accomplish goals in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to gain more money in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to gain more social status in order to increase my worth.
___ I often feel that I need to look nicer in order to increase my worth.
3. GET DEEPER
A. Which one of these truths about your Heavenly Father is harder for you to embrace?
1. ___ God has made me as He wanted. I am not a mistake.
2. ___ God has put a lot of thought into making me. I am His good idea. I am good enough.
3. ___ God loves me because He made me. He will always love me for who I am not for what I can do.
4. ___ God loves me always; therefore He will sustain me from birth to death.
4. GROUP PRAYER:
Before you pray, identify the lies that you have believed about yourself so you can bring them to your Creator. He wants you to be free from those distortions so you can experience his unconditional love.
Heavenly Father,
a. Thank you for loving me and inviting me to encounter you in deeper ways.
b. I invite you to heal those places in my life where I have allowed lies to shape the way I see myself.
c. Today, I renounce the lie that I _____________________________________________________.
d. I ask you to break the power of these lies in my life and let me walk in the truth of your love.
e. Today, I confess that you are my loving Creator, that I am priceless because you made me, and that in you I will always be good enough to be everything you created me to be.
f. I know that you love me. Your love for me will never change. Thank you for creating me and loving me the way you do.
g. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!