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Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
EDGE 2 – Summer 2005
Jesus – our Guide
Welcome
Play the Bean Game
Have enough jelly beans or similar (and small bags / envelopes) to give each person 20 jelly beans. The object is to end up with more!
You get more beans by approaching someone else with a certain number of beans in your closed hand and saying “odd or even?”
The person has the opportunity to guess whether you have an odd or even number in your hand (but they can decline to guess)
If they guess correctly, they get the beans in your hand.
If they guess incorrectly then you take from them the number of beans that are in your hand.
If you run out of beans you are out. Winner is person with most beans?
Worship
Thank God he has a plan for you… it will not just be luck
‘“For I know the plans I have for you, they are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a hope and a future” says the Lord’ Jer 29:11
Word
How do you feel about the idea of being guided by God? (Restricet like a dog on a lead or set free like a hero with the latest hi-tech devices…?)
Do you think you are on course to make the best of your life?
Do you think God speaks to people today? Any experience of this?
How else does God guide? Bible, Spirit, Common sense, advice, circumstances)
Read Proverbs 16:1-9
What must we do if we want God’s blessing? (verses 3,5,7)
What does God promise to those who try and live according to his plans? (verses 6-8)
Does the experience of the group show that things go better when we live God’s way?
What about when we mess up? See Jonah 3:1-2
Witness
Read Matthew 16:24-5
What specific guidance are people seeking at present? Pray specifically for one another