๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ -๐จ๐ฃ
โข Tell us about one of the hardest things you had to do in the past year.
โข If you were not afraid of anything, what would you do? Why?
โข Growing up, what is one word your parents or guardians used to describe you? What impact do you think it had on you?
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ: โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ." ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ:๐ญโ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ:๐ฏโ๐ณ.)
Israel had failed to trust God. They had trusted in many other things, to no avail, and even rebelled against God. As a result, they faced His judgment and discipline. They even felt like God had abandoned them. However, God remains faithfulโto fulfill His promises, to the covenant He made with His people, and to His own character. After everything Israel had done and been through, God referred to them as ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (Isaiah 43:1), ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, and ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ (Isaiah 43:4). Because He remains faithful, His people can have courage and face every challenge. In this lesson, we will highlight two reasons to not fear.
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ: โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ." ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ:๐ญ
God not only created and formed His people. He also redeemed them and called them His. When God calls people by name, this shows that God knows who they are. This also brings peace and security. If we believe Him, we belong to Him as well. Because of this, no matter what else happens in our lives and even in times that we have failed Him, we can choose to live in hope rather than fear. He has redeemed us in Christ and will continuously assure us as His treasured possession. What are some of the promises God made to His people in Isaiah 43:2โ4 that you can appropriate by faith in your own life?
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐.
"๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ." ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ:๐ฑ
God promised to be with His people in every situation. Although they had been exiled because of their disobedience, He promised His presence and restoration from wherever they were. As we continue to walk with God, the knowledge of His presence brings joy, peace, and hope in our lives. How do you think the words โfear notโ reassured Godโs people?
The promise of redemption and belonging to Godโin spite of our sin and disobedienceโwas fulfilled in Jesus Christ. On the cross, the Great Exchange happened. God gave Himself up for our salvation, so that we may be forgiven, know Him, and have eternal life. He who never sinned became sin for us, so ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ (2 Corinthians 5:21). He is ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ด (Matthew 1:23), and He also promised to be with us ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ (Matthew 28:20).
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข Why do you think โfear notโ is reassuring to hear from the Almighty God? In what area of your life are you learning to โfear notโ?
โข Take some time to think of where you put your trust. What are you willing to do differently to trust God every day?
โข Who do you think would be encouraged by knowing God is with them? What can you do this week to share this truth with them?
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank God for His redemption available in Christ Jesus. Thank Him for the great exchange He made for sinners on the cross.
โข Pray that you would not be in fear because you believe that God is your Redeemer and He is with you. Pray that this would be real in your life every day.
โข Ask God for courage to obey and serve Him, and to love and serve others. Pray that you would preach the gospel with courage.
Courage
Week 8
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