What is God up to???

Elderedge speaks about God always having His eye on our transformation. How do you feel about being transformed? You don't have to answer, but think about it...can you guess where a transformation might be needed?

He talks about how each of us has something that plagues us, some area where we "screw up". "You know what plagues you." What might it be like to never do it again and not even struggle with that area of your life? "What would your life be like if you were free of all that haunts you."

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Does God Still Speak?

Elderedge asks, "I confessed in the Prelude my assumption that God still speaks, personally, to his people. What do you believe about that?" Do you believe God speaks to you? What is your assumption based upon?

"What would you love to hear from God on? Make a point to gently ask God about that this week. Keep coming back to the question.

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Assumptions

Think of an event in your life where things didn't turn out the way that you had hoped. What did you assume about it? What are some of the assumptions that you have about God, about life, about God in your life, about happiness?

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Prelude: Learning to Hear the Voice of God, Question 2

If you did seek God beforehand, what do you think about the fact that things still fell apart? If you didn't ask, has it ocurred to you that maybe the reason for the trial is that you didn't ask? How many things in an ordinary week do you ask God about? (Elderedge says that he is not asking these questions to cause embarassement or self-reproach. He just wants us to think about it as we begin searching for a closer walk with the Father.)

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Prelude: Learning to Hear the Voice of God

Has anything like the "tree ordeal" described by Elderedge happened to you this year? Share the ordeal with us, if you like. What do you make of it? Think about it. Did you ask God about it before hand? Did you think to ask Him?

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