What is God saying to you?

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1 What is God saying to you? Some people believe in God. Some people don't. Some people don't know what they believe. Wanna know what we believe? We think He's real. He's good. And He wants to say something to you. We're going to explore 5 ways God speaks to us. Week of: June 17-23, 2017

2 The Five Week 3: Failure BIG IDEA Don't waste your failures; listen to what God is telling you through them. NEXT STEP Share your failure and hear what God says about it through community and the Bible. DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES Icebreaker (5 min) What was the last thing you failed at? (Maybe it was a test, a job interview or a sports thing.) Breakout Questions (25 min) 1. Have you ever had a failure pushed back in your face? How was that experience? 2. On the flip side, have you ever been given a second (or third, or fourth) chance even after a colossal failure? How was that experience? 3. What do you think motivated Peter to pick himself up after his colossal failure? What motivates you to keep pushing forward after you fail? 4. God doesn t expect us to be perfect. What is your reaction to that statement? Is it hard or easy to believe? If you truly believed it, how would your life be different? 5. Challenge: Think about this question: What would you consider your greatest failure? Could be something too difficult to forget or accept forgiveness for? Or something you keep secret? SHARE: The Enemy wants to keep you from hearing God s voice through community so he convinces us not to share our failures. It s a bold move and God will honor it. Share that failure with us. DECLARE: After a failure is shared, our group will declare, together and in unison, You are free. DRAW: To finish, the student who shared draws a verse card (have the cards face down in the middle of the group) and reads what it says out loud. What is God saying to you? Repeat SHARE, DECLARE, DRAW for each student that shares. (Insert series banner artwork.)

3 The Five Week 3: Failure Large Group Before the lesson: for your site Welcome, announcements, expectations, game, worship Host Segment : Lesson set-up (2 min) The Five Heads Up In this series, The Five, we ve been talking about the five ways God speaks to us. Not sure if you want to hear from God? We re still super stoked you re here. Not sure what you even believe about God? You re still in the right place! So far, we ve heard that God speaks to us through The Bible...God s Word...which is about Jesus. Community...the friends you have around you that want you to hear from God. This week...it s kind of hard to believe this one! Here s the question to ask yourself: What s something you did recently that you have to classify as a FAILURE? Roll video Video Teaching (7 min) Host Segment: Transition to breakout (3 min) BIG IDEA: Don t waste your failures; listen to what God s telling you through them. STORY: How has God spoken clearly to you through an obvious failure. Dismiss to breakout groups. Breakout Groups (30 min) (Insert series banner artwork.)

4 Week of: June 17-23, 2017 Small Group Item Usage Details Provided by Set of Verse Cards 1 set of 8 verse cards per group Page 5-6, print on cardstock, cut into quarter sheets. site Large Group Item Usage Details Provided by No supplies needed (Insert series banner artwork.)

5 Psalm 103:12 He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Isaiah 43:1 Listen to the Lord who created you...the One who formed you says, Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

6 Deuteronomy 31:8 Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you. Isaiah 41:9 I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, You are my servant. For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Philippians 3:13-14 I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. 1 John 1:9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.