Mar. 8 - From (Before) the Beginning (Gn. 3:14-19)

Keep growing in your relationship with Jesus: Take the message with you into your week. Reflect on the Bible passage and sermon (posts Sun. afternoon), then use the ideas below to help you talk it over with your friends, coworkers, family, or Grow Group.

Icebreaker idea: What’s one way you see God’s beauty displayed in His creation?

A way to pray: Ask God to help us grow in appreciating His beauty and showing it to others through our words and actions, as we seek to see 2,000 people by 2022 baptized and growing in relationship with Jesus through the Word, prayer, and community.

Talk It Over:

• Justice requires punishment for sin. Yet Genesis 3 tells how God in His mercy planned the worst of the punishment to fall on Himself. What do I appreciate about this, and what difference does that make in my day-to-day life?

• How have I experienced God’s mercy (not getting punishment I deserve) in my own life? How can I pass this on to someone else, such as by showing them mercy or by sharing my experience with them?