First Priority EPIC Story of God's CompassionSample

WELCOME Welcome to First Priority. Each month we go through a four week strategy called EPIC. This month's topic is the Story of the God's Compassion. Today is Invite Week where we are having conversations about the Good News. PRAY Invite God into the room by praying. WATCH Watch the video together. READ Read the Bible verses together. CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1\. How would you define compassion? 2\. Has anyone ever shown you compassion? 3\. How did that make you feel? 4\. Have you ever felt compassion for someone else? Describe the experience if so. 5\. Why do you think God would be compassionate toward us? 6\. Do you need compassion from God? 7\. Would you like to begin a relationship with God by trusting in Jesus? Let a student leader know if you want to pursue a relationship with God today. PRAY OUT Ask if anyone has prayer requests and then pray for the group. EXTRA Here's an easy way to remember the Good News story of Jesus through an acronym called S.T.O.R.Y. Scripture tell us who Jesus is and what He has done. The people who wrote the biographies of Jesus’ life said that He is the Son of God. We can look to Him to know exactly what God is like. The entire story of the Bible is about Jesus coming to rescue people from their brokenness, because He is the true King. True identity begins with knowing that God created us. He created everything and called everything He made, good. God created humans to know Him and represent Him. He created you, knows you, and loves you more than you could ever imagine. Our lives are broken by sin. The first humans that God created chose to turn away from Him and broke their relationship with Him. All of us have also failed to love God and other people in the way that we were created to. Because of this, our lives and the world as we know it is broken. We often feel distant and disconnected from God and others. We need someone to reconnect us to God and His purpose for our lives. Real love is Jesus giving His life for ours. Jesus came with a message of Good News. He was sent by God to rescue us and restore our relationship with God. Jesus died and was buried, but God raised Him from the dead. There were over five-hundred people who saw Him alive. He is the true King who rescued us by His love. You are invited into God’s story. The Gospel of Jesus was written so that you would believe that He is the Son of God, and have eternal life. This new life begins by trusting and following Jesus.