Cell Agenda for week of January 22, 2006

Cell Agenda for Week of January 22, 2006
“God’s Kids”
1 John 3:1-3

Welcome
Ask about the prayer lists and how they have used them. Ask if they have been helpful and if anyone called anyone on their list just to say hi.

Word
Have someone read 1 John 3:1-3, then read the following story.
A group of teen-agers were enjoying a party, and someone suggested that they go to a certain restaurant for a good time.
“I’d rather you took me home,” Jan said to her date. “My parents don’t approve of that place.”
“Afraid your father will hurt you?” one of the girls asked sarcastically.
“No,” Jan replied, “I’m not afraid my father will hurt me. I’m afraid I will hurt him.”
–Warren W. Wiersbe

After reading this Scripture and the illustration, divide into groups of four and have one person of each group take a copy of the questions and ask them of the group.

Ask the following questions
1. Are those people John is writing to, as well as those this letter would speak to today, children of God or are they only like His Children?
2. Does God mind us calling ourselves His sons and daughters?
3. Do you think that John saw people who were struggling to call themselves children of God, even though they were? Why?
4. How do believers find themselves wondering whether or not they are children of God?
5. Give your best description or definition of a child of God.
6. Share a time when you felt least like a child of God.
7. Is there anyone here who feels unworthy to be a child of God today?

After this question join the other groups for worship.

Worship
Use this worship time to have each person give a reason why they feel they are glad to be one of God’s children.
Then pray and thank God for allowing us all to be his children.


Witness
Have each person put their own name on a small piece of paper and fold it into a small square. Place all the folded papers in a basket. Then pass the basket around and have each person take out a name, making sure it’s not his or her own name.

On Sunday afternoon after worship, each person will go home and write a letter to the person of whose name they received. On the letter write no more than one page of why this person should have confidence in calling his or her self a Child of God.