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+ Praise

Psalm 48:9 “O Lord, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship you.”

Let’s pause and tell Jesus how thankful we are for His love for us.

Caring for each other

What has been going well for you this week?
What has been difficult for you this past week?
Do you need any help from God in your life?

Celebrating God’s Faithfulness

What have you put into practice since our last meeting?
How are you going with your Daisy chart?
- How often did you look at your Daisy chart this past week?
- What helped you be successful?
- Did God direct you to pray for, contact, meet a need, or share something with anyone on your Daisy?

+ Motivation and Encouragement

When we accept Christ, our lives are changed forever. 2 Corinthians 5:17

says, anyone who belongs to Christ is a new creation, the old life has gone, and a new life has begun! That’s us! We are new creations and as we follow Christ, our lives will continue to change to be full of purpose and meaning. Let’s encourage each other with this truth as we journey together in this new life.

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Context

The people who were looked down upon by others in society (the outcasts) had been responding to Jesus’ teaching. The religious leaders (Pharisees) and the teachers of the religious law didn’t like Jesus associating with these people. So Jesus told a story about a lost son to explain God’s heart towards sinners.

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Read or watch Luke 15:11-24 two times as everyone listens

¹¹Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.¹²The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

¹³“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.¹⁴After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.¹⁵So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.¹⁶He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

¹⁷“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!¹⁸I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’²⁰So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

²¹“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²²“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.²³Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.²⁴For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

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Discovery Discussion

What caught your attention or what did you like best? Why?
What does this passage tell you about people?
What does this passage tell you about Jesus?
What are some possible ways a person could apply this passage? Is there:
- A behaviour to change?
- A promise to claim?
- An example to follow?
- A command to obey?
Who else would enjoy hearing this passage?
Ask God what He wants you to do in response to the passage. (Write an "I will" statement).
Share this with the group and ask someone to keep notes for our next gathering.

Read, Tell and Correct

Read the story again. Have someone tell the story and ask the group to correct if necessary.

+ Key Principle

Our heavenly Father is willing to forgive the sins of His children. Our sin does not change the fact that God is our Father. But sin does have consequences and it does affect our fellowship with God. We do not enjoy our Father. 1 John 1:9

assures us, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.”

For further enrichment: Read Transferable Concept #2: How You Can Experience God’s Love and Forgiveness and discuss with another group member.

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+ Preparing for Mission

God has called us to respond to His love by praying for people and caring for their needs.

In pairs, go to your Daisy chain and ask the Holy Spirit for two people to pray for right now with your partner.
As a group, what are some of the ways you have shown to care to those around you who don’t know Jesus in these four areas?
- Physical
- Social
- Emotional
- Mental

Going on the Mission

We would encourage you to regularly review your Daisy Chain and to start a Conversation Quadarnt Log.

What is God revealing as your next steps this week with him and others?

Share this step with the group and ask someone to pray for you as you take this step in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Commit everyone’s goals to the Lord. Ask the Lord to help us be faithful and use us to start a movement of people living the MyFriends Lifestyle.

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