REVIEW.

“What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?”

READ.

Summary: God invites us to engage with creation in a mutual pledge of self-sacrifice and gratitude.

Discussion Questions:

1. What does Psalm 8:6-8 say about our relationship with creation? If we are responsible to love and serve creation, how does Genesis 9:3 seem to contradict this?

2. How do people typically feel about being sacrificed for? According to Romans 5:8, how does the Bible view self-sacrifice? If the problem with our treatment of creation is not that we need it to sacrifice itself for us, what is it? 1 Timothy 4:4

3. How does the idea of gratitude help us avoid the extremes of ravaging creation and of denying creation the honor of self-sacrifice?
How does gratitude help us avoid these extremes with Jesus?

RESPOND.

“How can today’s discussion further your relationship with God, one another, and the world? Pray together. [Record responses and prayer requests.]

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