Immerse Beginnings - Choose Life
Choices have consequences.
What stood out to you this week?
Was there anything confusing or troubling?
Did anything make you think differently about God?
How might your answers above change the way we live?
Read: Deuteronomy 28:1-8, 15-19, 30:19-20, John 3:16-18, 4:15, 21, 1 John 2:24-25.
What typically motivates better: good consequences or bad consequences? Why?
Do God’s promises of blessings and curses in Deuteronomy still apply to us today? Why or why not?
Why do we lose focus on the ‘then’ part of if/then statements?
Why does choosing between life and death seem like a far simpler choice than choosing whether or not to obey commands?
What choices seem simple to you that others struggle with making? How do we interact with people while they are making those choices?
What makes the choice of following Jesus appeal to you? What makes the choice to follow not appealing?
Prayer: Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we pray, that we might be grounded and settled in your truth by the coming of your Holy Spirit into our hearts. What we do not know, reveal to us; what is lacking within us, make complete; that which we do not know, confirm in us; and keep us blameless in your service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.