February 6, 2023
Grow-Go-Sow Lesson 6
POWER WITH GOD
Text: Genesis 32:22–32
Topic(s): Pride, Dependence
Big Idea of the Message: By the end of his wrestling match with God, the prideful Jacob not only realized his place in creation but also learned that the Lord can use our personal hurts to push us to depend on him and his promises.
Application Point: In order to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives, we must depend on him, which means we must give him our pride.
Discussion Questions:
1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
2. In what ways does Jacob’s pride hurt him?
3. Where do you see pride at work in your life?
4. What does it look like to declare our dependence on God?
5. Are there situations in your past that have helped you see that you need God?
Before leaving earth, Jesus commands his followers to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus rose again, his physical body made alive again. Although Thomas had his doubts about the resurrection, Jesus presented him with the evidence he needed.
All of Scripture points to Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Though innocent, Jesus was crucified to fulfill God’s promise of redemption.
At the Passover meal, Jesus instituted the practice of Communion—a vital ritual that reminds us of the atonement.
In this passage, Jesus explains that following him involves being willing to embrace enormous sacrifices.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy God’s work in the Old Testament but to fulfill what it had been always pointing toward: a pure righteousness through Jesus Christ.
Jesus displayed his power to heal spiritually by healing physically.
As Jesus explains to Nicodemus, it is only through being recreated by the Spirit (made possible by Jesus’s ministry) that one can be made right before God.
Jesus’s baptism and temptation represent his identification with humanity’s failures and sin, as well as his anointing and preparation to preach the gospel.
