THE GOD OF THE STORY
Survey of Genesis
Creation
Fall
Redemption
Restoration
THE AUTHOR WROTE YOU INTO HIS STOrY BECAUSE HE CHOSE YOU.
NO MATTER HOW DARK THE STORY GETS, GOD ALWAYS HAS A PLAN OF RESCUE.
GOD’S COVENANT BINDS HIS STORY TOGETHER.
GOD’S STORY WORKS THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE.
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob (Israel)
Joseph (and his 11 brothers)
God is inviting you into His story.
Group Discussion Guide
What is the best story you’ve ever read? What is the best movie storyline? What is the coolest story you can share?
What is your favorite story in Genesis and why?
Is there a difference in thinking that we are a part of God’s story as opposed to God being a part of our story? What are the implications?
Read Gen. 15:13-14 Why will this passage be significant for our study in Exodus?
Compare Gen. 26:3-5 and Gen. 28:13-14. To whom are these promises made? In what ways are they similar? Why is this significant?
Do you believe God has chosen you to be a part of His story? Why or why not?
In what ways were the patriarchs ‘ordinary people?’ What sins or issues did they face?
How is God using you as a part of His story even now despite any of your “ordinariness?”
SHARE how you plan to live according to God’s story this week.
PRAY that God will reveal how you fit into His story.
PRAY for someone you know who needs to know God’s story.