Micro-Church - Week 38

Help us out! Today, we need some input:

Hub City Kids will be spending a few weeks talking about TRUTH.

In your micro-church generate some ideas of things that you think it is important for our kids to internalize as truth and add to their "Belts of Truth". Thanks in advance!

How to help: As a group, discuss and generate some ideas and scripture. One person from the group compile these ideas and email them to: Krista@hubcitychurch.ms or text them to Krista directly if you've got her number.

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Welcome to Micro-Church!

How's your week been? Take a moment to discuss challenges and victories.

Sunday morning we talked about being equipped to discern the lies of the enemy. In life, if we are not careful we will believe things about our life and live in response to realities that are not even true.

Let's talk about it:

Have there been times in your life when you were living in a way that showed you were believing things that were not true? (i.e. in your relationships, in your health, in your thinking, etc.) How did you come to resolution?

Keeping our current theme of looking at Old Testament figures during this series of "Just a little talk with Jesus", today we are going to look at someone who obviously had a deep, intimate relationship with God, but believed a lie.

Genesis 3:1–24 (ESV)

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” 16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” 20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

From this passage alone, share with your Micro-Church one or two word descriptions of each person in this story:

The Serpent:

Eve:

Adam:

God:

One of the pillars of our faith is that God gives us the ability to believe and live in faith or to rely on our own judgement and free-will.

What do you notice about the nature of God as he gives parameters, options, and consequences to his people?

What do you notice about Adam and Eve as they work through their decision?

What do you notice about the serpent in the way that he deceived Adam and Eve?

Real Life:

Notice that the enemy sought out Eve (and Jesus) while they were alone. This is the reason that we believe so strongly in real community. Isolating yourself makes you a prime target for the lies of the enemy. As our church grows and diversifies, help us make sure that the people in your Micro-Church KNOW and FEEL that they are not alone.

What are some real, tangible ways that we can help one another become more resilient to the lies and abound in truth?

Is there an area of your life that you needed to be reminded of truth? (i.e. you are currently being attacked by the lies of the enemy?)

Take time to pray for any needs in your Micro-Church.