GROWTH QUESTION #1
Who would like to share a highlight, praise report, or testimony from this week?
Who would like to share a highlight, praise report, or testimony from this week?
What did you learn from this weekâs sermon?
What was your most important accomplishment this week?
Genesis 9:1-11(NLT)
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, âBe fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables. 4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it. 5 âAnd I will require the blood of anyone who takes another personâs life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die. 6 If anyone takes a human life, that personâs life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image. 7 Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.â Then God told Noah and his sons, 9 âI hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10 and with all the animals that were on the boat with youâthe birds, the livestock, and all the wild animalsâevery living creature on earth. 11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.â
If you were Noah hearing these words after the flood, how do you think you would have felt?
Genesis 9:1 (NLT) â âThen God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, âBe fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.â
Matthew 28:19â20 (NLT) 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
John 15:8 (NLT) â âWhen you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.â
What does âbeing fruitfulâ look like in our lives todayâboth physically (family, community) and spiritually (discipleship, influence)?
Genesis 9:4 (NLT) â âBut you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.â
Leviticus 17:11(NLT) - âFor the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.â
Hebrews 9:22 (NLT) â â... Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.â
What does it mean to you personally that Jesus gave His blood for you?
Genesis 9:11 (NLT) â âYes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.â
Numbers 23:19 (NLT) - God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it
through?
Hebrews 13:20 (NLT) â âNow may the God of peaceâwho brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood.â
What is one promise of God that you are holding onto in this season of your life?
What did you learn today that you can apply to your life this week?
It pleases God when we give sacrificially to those in need.
Hebrews 13:16 (NLT)
And donât forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.
Encourage everyone to give their tithes and offerings.
Who are you praying for to be saved?
Who can you invite to the next meeting?
What are your prayer requests?
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