Practicing a Lifestyle of Repentance

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1 Practicing a Lifestyle of Repentance WELCOME & SHARING: Love People Extravagantly HOSPITALITY & FELLOWSHIP Do you as a person find it easy or difficult to say I m sorry? Discuss in your group and try to identify why it is so difficult. What are some of the fears of confessing our wrongs to one another, that stops us from doing it? How would you overcome these fears and why? FAMILY NEWS: Up-&-Coming Events FEBRUARY MARCH 2012: SMALL GROUP LEADERS: TOUCH BASE Mon, 27 Feb (7PM) POSITIONED FOR BLESSING: Thu, 01- Sat, 03 March ANOINTED MARRIAGE: Course Starts: Feb PRAYER & WORSHIP: Love God Extravagantly At our Touch Base meeting next Monday, 27 February, we will be launching the DVD of our new worship album, which will contain the words of the songs for your use in small group. This will cost R75-00 for you as a Harvest Small Group Leader. Please come prepared for the purchase. Taking Ground for Christ & His Kingdom 1

2 WORD & DISCUSSION: Impart Victorious Lifestyle Practicing a Lifestyle of Repentance 1. THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 (ESV) together 8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. Also have different people read: Revelations 2:4-5, Rev 2:14-16, Rev 3:3 and Rev 3:19. a. Discuss why repentance is so necessary. b. Who benefits by true repentance? c. What are some of the consequences of refusing to repent? Look at each of the Revelation scriptures individually and discuss. Notes: Taking Ground for Christ & His Kingdom 2

3 2. COUNTERFEIT REPENTANCE If you did not follow the suggested discussion under HOSPITALITY AND FELLOWSHIP above, we suggest that you follow it here. If you did follow the suggested discussion, then discuss the following questions: a. Why does the word repentance have a negative connotation? (We only repent when we do something really bad. We feel we should be punished so the idea of penance often enters into our thinking about repentance: when we sin, we should feel really sorry about it, beat ourselves up over it, and do something to make up for it) b. How can we identify counterfeit or false repentance in our lives? (Firstly we say That s not what I m really like! Secondly, we think we have the power to change ourselves.) Notes 3. TRUE REPENTANCE Psalm 51:4 (ESV) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Is true repentance oriented towards God or towards myself? Discuss why this is important. Taking Ground for Christ & His Kingdom 3

4 2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV) 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. What is the difference between Godly sorrow and selfish regret? Share some of the things that God reveals about us in this portion. Psalms 51:10 (ESV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. When it comes to repentance, is God concerned about an external action or an attitude of the heart or both? Give reasons for your answers. Acts 3:19-20 (ESV) 19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, a. What is the only remedy for the penalty of sin? b. What is the only solution for the power of sin? c. What is the only solution for the presence of sin? Notes Taking Ground for Christ & His Kingdom 4

5 MINISTRY & MISSION: Be a Resource to Others & Touch the World In this last question we realize that we are still living in the presence of sin daily, but we have been given the remedy for the penalty of sin and the solution for the power of sin. The presence of sin will only vanish when Jesus Christ returns again one day and He will! In the meanwhile PRAY for one another that we practice the power of repentance daily so that we can appropriate the Gospel daily and start living victoriously in the completed work of our Saviour on the cross! True repentance is a God given and life giving remedy. Let s practice a lifestyle of repentance and live in the power of the 180 degree turn by His grace. Notes: Taking Ground for Christ & His Kingdom 5

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