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In this Father’s Day message, Pastor Zach Maddox talks about how we become healthy and whole. Our prayer is that this message encourages you to be initiated into your new creation life by Jesus.

Notes:

Theme: How do we become healthy and whole people?

Life Change Goal: Our prayer is that this message encourages you to be initiated into your new creation life by Jesus.

Text: Luke 10:21-24 (NLT)

1. We become healthy and whole by dealing with our sin wound.
2. We become healthy and whole by learning five important life lessons.
   1. Life is hard.
   2. You are not that important.
   3. Your life is not about you.
   4. You are not in control.
   5. You are going to die.
3. Men become healthy and whole by learning to live an integrated life.
4. We become healthy and whole through God encounters.
5. We become healthy and whole by living in our new creation reality.
   1. Luke 10:23-24 (NLT)
   2. Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV)
   3. Luke 10:20 (ESV)
   4. Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3-4 (ESV)
   5. Luke 12:25 (ESV)
   6. Romans 8:38-39 (ESV)
   7. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (ESV)

Conclusion: Allow Jesus to initiate you into your new creation life and experience the health and wholeness only He can bring.

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Discussion Questions:

Start Talking. Find a conversation starter for your group.

• What is your favorite brand of ice cream?

Start Thinking. Ask a question to get your group thinking.

• What is your favorite memory of your father (or parent)?

Start Sharing. Choose a couple of questions to create openness.

• How do you deal with pain in your life?
• Which one of the five life lessons (above) do you struggle with the most?
• What does your daily abiding look like?
• Share a time when you encountered God in a meaningful way?