God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: You are holy, Lord, the only God, and your deeds are wonderful. You are strong. You are great. You are the Most High, you are almighty. You, holy Father, are King of heaven and earth. You are Three and One, Lord God, all good. You are Good, all Good, supreme Good, Lord God, living and true. You are love, you are Wisdom. You are humility, you are endurance. You are rest, you are peace. You are joy and gladness. You are justice and moderation. You are all our riches, and you suffice for us. You are beauty. You are gentleness. You are protector, you are our guardian and defender. You are courage. You are our haven and our hope. You are our faith, our great consolation. You are our eternal life. Great and wonderful Lord, God almighty, merciful Savior.

Nicene Creed and Prayer

~ St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226. Appleton, George, ed. The Oxford Book of Prayer . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. pp. 62-63

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 3, The Triune God: The Greatness of God .

Quiz

Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Matthew 3.16-17.

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Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

Freedom or License?

The entire church has been stirred after a series on the nature of God’s grace in Christ by the youth pastor. His clear biblical teaching of the grace of God was well received, and he excellently outlined for the youth our freedom in Christ from the law, the power of the old sin nature, and all fleshly attempts to please God without the blood of Christ. A few of the kids, after hearing that they did not have to do anything to win the favor of God, have begun to “express their freedom” in ways