

God created the world and everything that is in it – the heavens, the earth, and us, humanity. We have fallen from that perfect place and long to be back there.
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.
At the end of your discussion, go around the group and ask for prayer requests.
Bradon: A huge bear is charging you. You choose to jump off the cliff into the water below. How do you jump?
Jon: I am jumping with all my might. I want to clear the rocks and hit the water!
Bradon: That’s exactly what God wants you to do!
Jon: WHAT! Coming up on the Bible Story Podcast, Bradon is going to explain himself!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story. God Wants All of Us.
Bradon: Today, we heard about Israel turning away from their false Gods and back to God. They dedicated themselves to God. They asked Samuel to pray to God to save them from the Philistines. Amazingly that is exactly what happened. God save Israel. We learned that God wants all of us!
God opposes pride. It is about our relationship with Him, not how much we can brag about him or how many wars we think we should win because we have Him on our side.
Bradon: Have you ever seen Indiana Jones?
Jon: I think so, a long time ago?
Bradon: They have a whole movie dedicated to the Ark of The Covenant
Jon: Tune in for our next episode to hear how the bible inspired a Hollywood movie!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion questions for “God Opposes Pride”
Bradon: We followed the many moves that the Ark of the Covenant had after the Israelites were defeated and it was taken by the Philistines. The Philistines suffered horrible tumors in all the cities the Ark would be taken. They suffered much disease and death with the Ark in their nation. So much so they returned it to the Israelites after seven months.
Bradon: Coming up on the bible Story Podcast, we will be talking about why it is so essential to Honour God!
Jon: Not only for your own sake but for those around you! When we honour God with our lives, good things come about.
Bradon: When we dishonour God with our lives, bad things come about.
Jon: It’s not rocket science, but it does mean some hard choices!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story, “Honor God.”
Bradon: We learned of the Priest Eli and his family not honouring God in their work or lives. God warned Eli through a prophet and then promised the downfall of his family as Priests through Samuel. We learned that it is super essential for us all to Honor God!
If we hold to the idea of there is no foundation like God imagine the type of confidence we would have. There is no rock like our God.
Bradon: You ever hear the expression “New year, new me?”
Jon: Yeah! I hear that a lot, especially around this time of year!
Bradon: Well, this year, I am going by “New year, Same old me.”
Jon: It doesn’t have the same ring, but I am sure we will find out more in our next episode!