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Second Start

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Second Start 2.0

Basics on how to grow as a Second

Welcome

You are a Second. You want to become a stronger Second. You want to better follow

Jesus. But where do you start? What will God use to make you a stronger Second?

Second Start walks you through the basic steps of becoming a stronger Second.

2.1 Talk with God......................................................................................................... 2

2.2 Hard Times ............................................................................................................ 6

2.3 Community......................................................................................................... 10

2.4 The Bible ............................................................................................................ 14

Leader’s Guide

How to lead your I am Second Group ..................................................................... 18

Helps ........................................................................................................................ 20

Second Start 2.1

Talk with God

Opener

Watch: one of the “What’s prayer all about?” videos

Question: What did you ind helpful about this video?

Ask “Give us today our daily bread” — Jesus (Matthew 6:11)

Jesus asks God to supply his needs. What are your needs? Take turns sharing

with the group about a big need that you have today. After each person shares

his need, someone else in the group should ask God to help with that need.

Take a minute right now to do this.

Talk with God

Jesus taught his followers how to talk with God. He taught them by giving them a

model for prayer. Each section of this model prayer illustrates an important principle

meant to help you talk with God. Below is a tool to help you remember how to talk

with God like Jesus. Use the different parts of your hand to remember the different

parts of Jesus’ prayer.

Forgive “Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive those

indebted to us” — Jesus (Matthew 6:12)

This is both a request and a commitment. The request is for God to forgive

you of your wrongs. The commitment is for you to forgive others for having

wronged you. That means there are two steps for you take. First, you need to

apologize to God for the things you have done wrong. Take some time to do

this right now.

Briely discuss each section of Jesus’ prayer, then as a group or with partners talk

with God following Jesus’ example.

Second, consider how you can begin forgiving those who have wronged

you. Is there someone in your I am Second Group that you need to forgive?

Someone in your family? An old friend? What can you do to begin the process

of forgiveness?

Relationship “This is how you should pray, ‘Our Father, who is in heaven,’”

— Jesus (Matthew 6:9)

Jesus begins his prayer with a word about relationship, “Our Father.” How has

God related to you lately? Take a moment to tell God how you appreciate your

relationship with him. Thank him for being a good Father, friend or counselor.

Protect “And do not lead us into temptation but deliver

us from the evil one.” — Jesus (Matthew 6:13)

Jesus taught his followers to pray for protection from temptation and the evil

one. Jesus taught that there are unseen spiritual forces at work in this world.

Some of them are obviously good such as God himself and his angels. But

others are evil, such as the demons and their ruler who has different names,

such as Lucifer, Satan, the evil one, the ruler of the kingdom of the air, etc. Ask

God to protect you and your group from temptation and the evil one.

Worship “May your name be honored as holy” — Jesus (Matthew 6:9)

Jesus recognizes God for his holiness. What is something you love or

appreciate about God? Spend some time telling God what you love most

about him.

Surrender “Have your kingdom come, have your will be done as it is in

heaven so also on earth” — Jesus (Matthew 6:10)

Jesus does not ask for his own desires but for the will of God to be done. What

is the biggest worry or problem you are dealing with right now? What in your

life do you need to surrender? Tell God your commitment to trust him in these

areas of your life.

Worship “For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.”

— Jesus (Matthew 6:13)

You can end your talk with God the same way you began it, by telling God how

much you appreciate who he is and what he has done. Take a minute or two to

do this right now.

Second Start 2.1

Live and Tell

1. What will you do now? Based on today’s

time in prayer, how will your life change,

how speciically are you going to live out

what you learned today?

2. Who will you tell? With whom could you

have a spiritual conversation about what

you learned today?

Second Start 2.2

Hard Times

Opener

Watch: the Lee Lucas video

Question: What did you like about Lee’s story?

Check-Up

Live and tell. You learned how to talk with God the last time you met. Did you

practice using Jesus’ model prayer since the last meeting? Did you share with

anyone else about what you learned about talking with God? (If people did

not do what they committed to do, consider going back and reviewing the last

discussion topic again. It is important that people do what they say they will

do before moving on.)

Talk with God

Worship. Take turns telling God how you appreciate him for who

he is and for what he has done.

Ask. As a group ask God to teach you through the Bible and to help you

learn through the good times and the hard times of life.

Hear the Bible Read this as a Group

Background. Peter and John, two of Jesus’ closest followers, heal a man in the

name of Jesus who had been crippled since birth. They then go into the worship

temple in Jerusalem to share with the people the message of Jesus. The religious

leaders are really angry when they hear their message and have them arrested. As

they are being questioned, Peter and John boldly respond to the religious leaders by

again sharing the message of Jesus.

When they [religious leaders] saw the

courage of Peter and John and realized

that they were unschooled, ordinary

men, they were astonished and they

took note that these men had been with

Jesus. But since they could see the man

who had been healed standing there

with them, there was nothing they could

say. So they ordered them to withdraw

from the Sanhedrin [important ruling

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