Life Group: Week 9 Jesus at the Centre (Values 9)
Welcome (Feedback: progress in reaching sons and daughters of peace.)What stimulates you in your walk with God (no right/wrong answers!). What helps you the most to be a worshipper and what hinders you?
Word
The purpose of this week is to encourage us all to be worshippers. Read the story of the Woman at the Well from John 4. What can you learn about worship? 1. Know whom we worship (in what areas do I need to grow and expand my understanding of who God is? 2. Not where we worship but how. Read Psalm 24:3-4. What do we need to worship? Are there aspects of my life which are a barrier to me coming closer to God? Read Romans 8:15-16. 3. Real worship is spiritual. Ask God to fill us with His Holy Spirit.
Worship
Enjoy an extended time of worship with three familiar songs. Begin with a time of confession asking God to bring us back to the heart of worship: Jesus! Pray between songs: express your gratitude to God for all He is and what He has done.
Witness
Do you know how to tell people the truth about Jesus? Read John 8:44. How does Jesus describe the enemy in this verse? What would “doing the opposite” involve? What equipping do you think you need to be able to explain the gospel to one of your friends? Pray, and plan to address the issues that come up.
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way
By a roadway in the wilderness
He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us"
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us"