B.L.E.S.S. Week 1: I’m Blessed
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2 Corinthians 5:15-21
Have you ever considered how “blessed” you are?
Where did those blessings come from?
Who did they come through?
Genesis 12:1-3 NIV - “The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”
Galatians 3:26-29 NIV - “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Takeaway: Jesus blessed us with a new life, and now our new life should be a blessing to others.
“We BLESS people by connecting them with Jesus in a life changing way”
2 Corinthians 5:15-21 NLT - “He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. 16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”
B.L.E.S.S. HPC @ HOME GUIDE – September 12-18, 2021
Take some time to share:
1. One thing that you are thankful for this week.
2. One thing you are in need of (try and stick to one thing and personally related).
3. How can the group help?
Chapter 1: Why Does Sharing the Good News Feel So Bad?
Open: How did you first learn about the love of Jesus and choose to follow Him?
Dig: What is your greatest fear or frustration when it comes to loving people and sharing the good news of Jesus with those around you?
Read Matthew 28:19, Acts 1:8, and Peter 3:15.
1. What is your gut-level, first reaction to these scriptures?
2. In what ways are you motivated or demotivated by these scriptures?
3. Why do we resist God’s call to go? What excuses do we let stand in the way of following this command?
4. What is your reaction to the story of how Shawn started a church on the dock with his water-skiing friends?
5. Matthew 18:20 reminds us: “For where two or more come together in my name, I am there with them” (NET). How does this verse encourage you to be on mission with others to B.L.E.S.S. the people around you?
6.Can you think of someone or a group of people with whom you could start a B.L.E.S.S. small group?
Reflect: What do you need to do in order to follow through on these two commitments?
Commitment #1: Use one B.L.E.S.S. practice every day.
Commitment #2: Begin your group by asking, “Who did you B.L.E.S.S.?”
When we B.L.E.S.S. together, we can change the world.