Worship Songs: Because He Lives (Amen) Build My Life Christ Our Hope in Life and Death O Praise the Name Reign Above It All Scripture Passages: Genesis 3:15, 21; John 3:16-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Message Title: The Gospel Thoughts for Reflection: We’re going through a conversational, relational way to carry out Jesus’ mission for us as we go about our daily lives. The first week we talked about God’s design for our lives, which is evident from the very beginning. We reviewed how God created everything and it was all good. Mankind is the pinnacle of His creation and we were made for relationship with God and each other. God’s design is for us to “walk and talk” with Him just like Adam and Eve once did. However, Adam and Eve departed from God’s design–they wanted to do it their way instead of God’s way. The Bible calls this sin and tells us that we have all sinned and fall short of God’s perfect design. Sin leads to brokenness. We all know how brokenness feels. It feels like broken relationships, addiction, depression, discouragement, fear, guilt and shame. We all want out of brokenness, so we try to fix it. We medicate it with drugs or numb it with alcohol. We strive to be better people, hoping that somehow, someway, our good will outweigh our bad. We look for ways to alleviate our pain. When we do that, we just get more and more broken. This feels like a bad thing, but in many ways brokenness is a good thing because it’s the way God gets our attention. When we feel broken on the inside and everything’s all messed up, we know something needs to change. This is where we get some really good news. The good news is that God made a way out of our brokenness. Questions to take home: If someone were to stop you on the street and ask you, out of the blue, “What is the Gospel?”, what would you say? How have you prepared yourself as a Christ-follower to tell others about Him? What is repentance? What does repentance do? What happens after we repent of our sins and who drives us toward new life in Christ? Is there anything in your life that you need to repent of? Think of one or two people you know that do not follow Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Commit to praying for opportunities to turn everyday conversations into Gospel Conversations, that God would draw these people to His Son, Jesus.