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I Am…the focus of God’s passionate love

We start our new series looking at some of the amazing things we are because of God. Today, Dave starts with thinking about God’s love for us.

He also talks through how we can engage with these ideas, so they become more than just information and we can learn to live in this reality.

Additional Bible verses you might want to look up: John 3:16. 1 John 3:1. 1 John 4:9-11. 1 John 4:16. Romans 8:37-39. Romans 5:8.

You could also check out this video from the Bible Project about God’s Loyal Love – https://youtu.be/UfbyFLgs_NM

Discussion Starter Questions:

How easy do you find it to believe in God’s unconditional love for you?
What helps and what hinders believing this as a reality? How does our experience of human relationships effect our understanding of God’s relationship with us?
What would be different about your life if you were absolutely convinced, to the core of your being, that the all-powerful creator of the universe was passionately in love with you?

Starting the 2021 Hubs

Today Dave talks about how we will be arranging the new Hubs and we get to meet the leaders.

Discussion Starter Questions

Dave talked about feeling the post-Christmas/lockdown slump and his coping strategy (being grumpy) and happy place (buying stuff). How do you find yourself dealing with situations like these?
From the “Miracle of the Chartered Coach”, do you feel that you would like something to change in your relationship with God?
Is there an obstacle in your way? What effect is it having and should you be thinking about how to step over it?
What would you like from God in this new season of Exeter Vineyard Church? What is your prayer for God to do through your involvement in Hubs?

You can watch the video podcast here:

As we start a brand new year Dave talks about our aim for this year, to discover just how present God is in every area and every moment of our life.

Discussion Starter Questions:

Where and when do you feel it’s easiest to connect with God? What is it that helps?
Where and when is it easiest to kind of forget about God and just live your life on your own? Why is this?
Is there some aspect in the answer to the first question that might help you change your awareness in the second question?

Video available here:

How do you feel about change and trying new things? How does this influence your reaction to the plans for Exeter Vineyard?
Where do you think you will fit into the plans? It’s easy to form our own opinion, but what do you think God is saying about this?
What do you think doesn’t sound so good? What are you excited about?

You can watch the video here! The talk starts at: 7:54mins.