Joel Pt. 4 - The God Who Restores

1. Read Is. 57:15; Ps. 57:17; I Sam. 15:22; Pr. 21:3; Ecc. 5:1; 2 Cor. 7:10; Amos 4:4-5; 5:21-23; Is. 58:1-12; Jer. 7:1-8; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:1-8. List some characteristics of how Scripture presents the act of repentance. How, practically, should these characteristics show up in our lives?


2. What are some situations when we are tempted to turn away from God? Discuss why turning TOWARD God is genuinely better in each situation.


3. How does making my life “all about God” not erase me as a person/individual/valuable? Why doesn’t it make me irrelevant? Read Ex. 34:6-7; Ps. 103:8; 145:8; Rom. 5:8


4. Why can true freedom/peace/fulfillment/meaning in life only be found in self-forgetfulness?