· God’s possibilities for you are greater than people’s expectations of you
· Ephesians 3:20-21 - 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at
work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
· What if God called you to live outside your comfort zone?
· Growth always requires discomfort.
· You are invited to grace.
· Isaiah 55 - 1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
· You are invited to what is good.
· Andy Stanley – Following Jesus will make your life better and you better at life.
· 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
· Delight yourselves exquisitely in the fat of your soul.
· Pray, “God, show me where you are at work.”
· Thank God every day for three blessings.
· Read the Bible and see how God works.
· You are invited into a promise.
· 3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
· You are invited to follow the Leader.
· 4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
· Heavenly Father, I accept your invitation to be your child. Please forgive me of my
sin. I now put Jesus in charge of my life and I will follow him.
· You are invited to shine.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come
running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.”
· John Ortberg – To glorify God is for someone to look at you and say, “What a good God there must be to make someone like that.”
LIFE Group Discussion
Starter: In your life, who has put the most expectations on you? Was this a positive experience or a negative experience?
Questions:
1. Read Isaiah 55:1
2. Does this verse sound too good to be true? React to this statement: People struggle with grace because it seems too good to be true.
3. Read Isaiah 55:2
4. Is it hard to embrace the idea that God wants good for you? Why or why not?
5. Read Isaiah 55:3
6. This verse refers to a forever covenant like the one God made with David. What does that mean to you?
7. Read Isaiah 55:4
8. How would you explain to someone who does not follow Jesus that Jesus is the perfect representation of God?
9. Read Isaiah 55:5
10. Is the world coming to the church because it sees God at work in us? Please explain your answer.
