“God Friended Me” viewing – Pastor’s Small Group

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“God Friended Me” is a clever concept for a TV show. A Facebook profile entitled “God” friends a devout atheist and starts using him in people’s lives to help them. By the end of the first episode, this devout atheist admits that there might be a God…
 
God does come into our lives when we really aren’t looking for him. He uses us according to his good will, but it’s not through a Facebook page or even anything necessarily that obvious. Many times he uses the pain and failure of the world to remind us that there is something seriously wrong in our lives. We need to find a serious solution. The thing is he gives us that solution, and it comes to us in his Word. He tells us his purpose for us and how he will use us,. It’s an incredibly freeing thing to discover.
 
These are two discussions that came after watching the first episode
  1. How can you be “spiritual” but “not religious?”
  2. Is atheism a rational thing?
 
   
 
Episode #2 -Thursday Feb 14th at 7:00
We will have food and drink, just come as you are and we will have some wonderful fellowship time with one another.

“GOD FRIENDED ME” SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

  1. Last week one of the characters mentioned she was “spiritual but not religious.” What do people mean when they say that?
 
What does Scripture say about being spiritual and not religious?
  1. Matthew 16:18
  2. Matthew 18:15-17
  3. Hebrews 10:25
 
Is the Bible all you need?
  1. Acts 8:27-31
  2. 2 Peter 1:20
  3. 2 Peter 3:15-16

 

A/D People become atheists because they rely on their reason.
  1. Psalm 19:1
  2. Romans 1:20

   

Amazing Grace Verse 1 Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see     Verse 2 ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed