CROSSOVER 11/11: True Story - Intro

October 24th, 2023
by Donald J. Galade

THE BIG IDEA

Before we can know who we are, we need to understand who God is.

THE BIBLE

Exodus 34:6

SUMMARY:

This is how God describes Himself. That means everything He does, and everything that happened in the Bible, and everything going on in our world is based on these.

God’s 5 Attributes:

Compassion
Mercy
Slow to anger
Unfailing Love
Faithfulness

TALKING POINTS:

Over the past few weeks we learned about the 4 key values of our church. What are they?
- What does it mean to GROW?
- What does it mean to CONNECT?
- What does it mean to SERVE?
- What does it mean to SHARE?
- What motivates us to GIVE?
What are God’s 5 attributes from Exodus 34:6?
- How is God compassionate?
- What is mercy?
- Why do you think the author wrote “unfailing love” instead of just “love”?
  - How is God’s love different then human love?
  - Did you ever think about God having affections for you before?
    - How does that make you feel?
  - What does faithfulness look like?
  - Is anger good or bad? Why?
    - What does slow to anger look like?
  - Are any of these ideas about God new to you?
    - Are they different then you thought before?
  - What else do you think about God?