October 13, 2023
Women’s Event Tomorrow Morning
Remind the ladies in your Life Groups that our last session of What’s Up With Words is tomorrow morning at The Pursuit. Be sure to join the ladies of Compass for the various breakout sessions and time spent together, and pray that it will yield rich fruit in the lives of the women of Compass!
Updated - Registrations for Men’s Retreat
Here is a link to a document (Last Updated 10/13/23) with a list of the men from each Life Group who are registered for the Men’s Retreat. Use this list to follow up with the men in your Life Groups about getting registered for the Retreat, encouraging them to join us!
A Note Regarding High Schoolers Attending Men’s Retreat
For the high schoolers registered for the men’s retreat, we will have them in a separate small group led by Maseo Fiorello, our Grove Intern. We want them to be able to participate in the retreat fully, but we also want to be sure that, in our men’s life group discussions, we can have deeper conversations that may be difficult if high schoolers were present. Please let anyone in your Life Group who has registered sons know that this is how we will handle it.
Application Questions:
The Beginning
The Beginning of Temptation & Sin
Genesis 3:1-7
Application Questions
Read Colossians 2:13-15. While our text in Genesis will certainly help us in our fight against temptation, how does this passage remind us that we are ultimately helpless apart from the work of Christ?
What are some of the temptations you know you are likely to encounter this week? What are some specific Scriptures that will help you think clearly and biblically in the face of those temptations?
Read James 1:16-18. What are some of the “good gifts” you can remind yourself of this week when you are tempted? Even if you are in a trial, how will you remind yourself of God’s constant goodness?
Review the temptations you are likely to face this week. How do each of these temptations undermine the character and goodness of God? How can you directly counter these lies of the enemy?
Read Matthew 7:24-27. Disobedience leads to disaster, but obeying Jesus’ words leads to stability. How have you seen both aspects of this reality prove true in your own life? How does that strengthen your confidence in the truth of God’s Word?
