Recycling our Lives

We all experience circumstances that make us feel like we’re not worthy of being used by God. Whether it’s poor decisions we’ve made in the past, personal failures, or broken relationships, the enemy wants us to feel useless for God’s Kingdom. The good news is that God doesn’t waste our life experiences, and He can make all things new. God wants to transform us through our struggles—we only need to say, “Yes” to Him.

1. Have you ever felt like the Pepsi can Steve used as a visual aide? Did you feel full, empty, or crushed?

       a. What contributed to that feeling?

2. Read 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 — This verse is the biblical foundation for the BAC Care Team. Have you ever been served by the Care Team or served on the Team? Can you share how they helped you or how you were able to help someone else?

3. Steve referenced Joseph, when he says in Gensis 50:20 that God intended the harm towards Joseph for the good of His will. When have you seen God turn a bad situation into something good?

4. Michael referenced Acts 11:17, that who was Peter to “stand in God’s way.” And, yet, years later, Peter’s actions did not support his words. Read Galatians 2:11-16 — What was the effect of Peter’s hypocrisy?

5. Read 2 Peter 1:1-9 — Peter did not remain in his hypocrisy as both of his letters seem to address all Christians, not just Jewish ones. How does one possess the “qualities in increasing measure”?

       a. What action do you need to take in order to share the gospel by your example and not just your words?

6. Read Galatians 2:15-16; Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 2:4-10; James 2:14-24 — Which of these passages seems to support the phrase: “talk is cheap”?

       a. How do you explain the apparent contradiction between salvation through faith alone and faith by works?

7. Read 1 Timothy 1:3-5 & 4:12 — What is the ultimate work based on this passage and the passages in questions 5 & 6?

8. Is there someone in your life that God has been putting on your mind that doesn’t know the gospel?

       a. How will you share the truth of the gospel with them?

       b. How will you show them love?

9. Was there a particular testimony that stood out to you (Janna, Teresa, Nate, Tammy)? Why?