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Read verse 9Read verse 11Read verses 14–15Read verses 20–21Read verse 24Read verses 26–27From these verses we can see that God is a creative God. He created the heavens and theearth, and everything on the earth to sustain life. As humans created in His image, we alsoare creative beings. But none of us can create something out of nothing. Only God cando that. Therefore, only He is worthy of worship.Back to Revelation 4:11, why did God create all things?God does everything out of love and it was His will, that is His heart’s desire, to create andfor us to have a heart to heart connection with Him. As we learnt in the video conversation,worship is a heart to heart connection where God’s heart connects with our heart and Heenables our heart to connect with Him. Jesus is the open door to heaven, where God is(Revelation 4:1–2). Through Jesus we can have a heart to heart connection with God atany time, in any place and regardless of what our circumstances are. Spiritually, we canenter heaven now!Take a moment to reflect on what is means to you that we can come to God at any timeand have a heart to heart connection with Him in heaven. Include your reflection here:14

What have you learnt about God and His character from this session?What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryIsn’t God amazing! He created the heavens and the earth and all its living creatures outof nothing. He did not need to create, but it was His heart’s desire to do so. All becauseHe so loves. As He is the creator, only He is worthy of worship.What an incredible gift that we can be with God spiritually in heaven at any time, and havea heart to heart connection with Him. All because Jesus is the open door to heaven. The timeis now to connect with Him.15

God does everything because He so loves.His love is unconditional, unending and never failing.FOR GOD SO LOVESSESSION 516

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo Summary1 Corinthians 13:4–8God’s love is perfect, pure and completely selfless. It isCharacteristics ofunchanging, it waits patiently and endures all things. His lovethe love of Godis kind, it does not envy, it is not rude in behaviour and it never1 John 4:9–10 Jesus iselevates itself above another. This love of God is only good, andit has no part with evil. It celebrates goodness and equality for all.Finally, God’s love never fails. To know that His love is for us andis available to us at all times is life-changing. God shows us His lovein many ways, and the greatest of these is in giving Jesus, His Son.God’s desire is for us to know and receive His love, and to live withthe visible expressionof God’s love1 John 1:1–4 Eternallife and intimacywith GodHim forever.Personal ReflectionTake a moment to reflect on what you learnt about God and His love from the video. You caninclude this here:Opportunity to go DeeperTo help us know and receive more of God’s unending love, we will continue to learn moreabout Jesus’ life on earth, through the eyes of His disciples.What are some of the things Jesus did to reveal God’s love?Read Matthew 17:1–8Read Luke 4:40–41Read John 13:1–5Read John 21:1–1417

Just before Jesus gave up His life for us, He prayed to God the Father for every disciplethroughout the ages.What are some of the things Jesus prayed? Read John 17:20–26Take a moment to reflect on what Jesus’ prayer means to you. Include your reflection here:What have you learnt about God and His character from this session?What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryGod’s incredible love is demonstrated to us through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.Through the scriptures about Jesus’ life on earth, we have discovered that out of His greatlove He healed people, cast out and silenced demons. Jesus also demonstrated His love to Hisdisciples by revealing His glory to them and bringing them comfort when they were afraid.He humbly washed their feet, which in their society was something only a servant did. Jesusdid life with them, guiding them to the best catch of fish and made breakfast for them.His prayer for all His disciples throughout the ages shows us the love of the Fatherand the love of Jesus the Son, and their desire to share their great love with us.18

It pleased the Father, that all the fullness of Godhead live in Jesus,and by Him, to reconcile all things to Himself.LOVE OF THE FATHERSESSION 619

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo SummaryColossians 1:19–20The love of the Father is so great that He gave everything ofThe Father’s desire isHimself to us in Jesus His Son. Through the Father’s gift of Jesusto reconcile all thingsto us, we are freed from the fear of death, guilt, condemnationJohn 3:16–17and shame. We are forgiven of every offence done or thoughtagainst God or one another.The Father loves somuch that He gaveThis is the heart of the Father—He did not send Jesus toeverything of Himselfcondemn us, but instead He made a way for us to receive Histo usperfect peace and eternal life. And not only that, when we1 John 3:1 The Fatherreceive Jesus, the Father declares us His own! We are a childof God, accepted as we are, adopted into His family, forevercalls us His ownreceiving His love.Colossians 1:12–14Personal Reflectionto receive His kingdomThe Father qualifies usTake a moment to reflect on what stood out to you about Godfrom the video. You can include this here:Opportunity to go DeeperTo have a deeper revelation of the love of the Father and to discover more about how He is inan eternal state of forgiveness, we will read a story that Jesus tells to illustrate this incredibletruth about God.Read Luke 15:11–32To help us understand the correct meaning of the scripture we will begin by discovering whothe characters are. Let us ask the following questions:Who is talking? To discover this, read Luke 15:3Who is He (Jesus) talking to? To discover this, read Luke 15:1–2Who are the main characters in this story about the love of the Father? Read verse 1120

Now that we know who the main characters of the story are, let us discover how they interactwith each other.How does the younger son communicate with his father and what does he ask for?Read verse 12In the culture of the time, a son could only take possession of his inheritance upon hisfather’s death. In asking for his inheritance before his father died, the son in the storyis being disrespectful and bringing shame upon his father.What was the father’s response to his younger son’s request? Read verse 12The story then goes on to describe the younger son’s extravagant and reckless living. He endsup coming to the lowest point in his life, having lost everything he had.What do we learn about the father from the son’s statement in verse 17?The younger son now felt he was no longer worthy to be a son, but knowing the father’sgenerous heart towards his servants, he returns home to beg his father to receive him backas a servant.What was the father’s response to the son’s return? Read verses 20–24What was the older son’s response to the father’s love and forgiveness towards his youngerbrother? Read verse 28What was the father’s response to the older son’s anger? Read verse 28What do we learn about the love of the father for both sons? Read verses 31–32Jesus told this story to help the hearers know and understand more about the love of FatherGod. The father in the story demonstrated his love in various ways. He gave everything ofhimself and all that he had to his sons. In the father’s eyes, no matter what they did they werealways his sons and the object of his love and forgiveness. Jesus knew the love of Father Godtowards Him and each one of us.21

What did God the Father do? Read John 3:35As we learnt in 1 John 3:1, we are children of God. And just like the father in the story thatJesus told, God the Father gives everything to his children.Take a moment to reflect on what it means to you that in Jesus each one of us is a child ofGod, and that the Father has given everything to us in Jesus. Include your reflection here:What have you learnt about God and His character from this session?What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryWhat incredible love the Father has. His love is go great that He has given everything to us,including His Son. He did all this so that we would be able to receive His love and forgiveness,which is always there for us.22

God made Himself personal in love, so we can be relational with Him in love.LOVE OF THE SONSESSION 723

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo SummaryJohn 10:14–18 JesusJesus, as the Son of God has the ultimate power. As our Goodthe Son of God hasShepherd He chose to be the sacrifice for us and leads us to aultimate powerplace of rest and peace with Him. He sustains us and providesPsalm 23 God is ourrefreshment and nourishment to every part of us. He hasmade us right and worthy and has delivered us from the fearGood Shepherdof death. We can live in His peace and assurance that oureternity is with Him.Personal ReflectionMake Psalm 23 personal and write down everything that Jesus provides as your GoodShepherd. You can include this here:Opportunity to go DeeperTo go deeper and understand more about the love of God in Jesus the Son, we will read aboutthe Apostle Paul’s revelation of God’s love.Read Romans 8:31–39To help us understand the correct meaning of the scripture we will ask the following questions:Who is the writer of this letter? To discover this, read Romans 1:1Who was this letter written to? To discover this, read Romans 1:7In chapter 8 of Paul’s letter to the people of Rome, he uses a rhetorical-style of writing thatwas relevant to the first readers and was a part of their culture.What is the rhetorical question that Paul asks and what is the implied answer? Read verse 3324

What reason is given that no one can bring a charge against us or condemn us? Readverses 33–34What is the rhetorical question that Paul asks and what is the implied answer? Read verse 31It says in verse 31 that God is for us, and therefore the evil one cannot succeed in accusing us.Not only are we no longer condemned, but in Jesus we are empowered to condemn the evilone’s lies. To understand this in greater depth, read Isaiah 54:17.What is the inheritance of the servants of the LORD (those who choose God)?Where does our righteousness (rightness, justice, being passed from judgement) come from?Who shall condemn the lies that try to come against us?Let us go back to Romans 8 to discover more about the love of God and our inheritance inJesus. Verse 35 describes some of the different trials and challenges that we may face livingin this world damaged by evil. Yet what is the truth declared in verse 37?How strong is this love of God in Jesus? Read verses 37–39Take a moment to reflect on what the love of the Son means to you. Include your reflection here:What have you learnt about God and His character from this session?What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryThe love of Jesus is so great that nothing can come against it or separate us from it. With thetruth of who Jesus is, and upon acceptance of the sacrifice of Himself to us, we are free from allcondemnation and are empowered to come against any lies of the evil one. How incredible it isthat we are free from all guilt and shame and can live in the victory of what He has given to us!25

The Spirit and the disciples of Jesus say, ‘Come!Come all who are thirsty and desire to drink the living waters. Come and drink freely.LOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRITSESSION 826

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo SummaryJohn 16:13–15 TheWhat a beautiful gift the Holy Spirit is to us, from God the FatherSpirit of truththrough Jesus the Son. We experience God and His love by theRomans 5:5–8 HopeHoly Spirit. The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth, testifies of Jesusand reveals to us the heart of God. God’s love is so great thatJesus died for everyone, so that each one of us could know Him.The Holy Spirit also reveals to our hearts that we are sons anddaughters of God, and it’s living in this relationship of intimatein God’s loveRomans 8:14–16 TheHoly Spirit testifieswe are a child of Godlove that the power of fear is broken over our lives. God has givenHis Spirit to help us in our daily journey with Him.Personal ReflectionTake a moment to reflect on how God has, and is revealing Himself to you from the video.You can include this here:Opportunity to go DeeperTo have a deeper revelation of the love of the Holy Spirit and how He testifies of the Son,we will study the following scripture. Read 1 John 5:6–13 (NKJV)*To help us understand the correct meaning of the scripture we will begin by asking thefollowing questions:Who are the characters?Who are the three that bear witness in heaven? Read verse 7What is the Spirit (one of the witnesses) described as being? Read verse 6Who is the Word? To discover this, read John 1:1–4, verse 14 and verse 17Back to 1 John 5. Who are the three that bear witness on earth? Read verse 8*New King James Version27

Who bears witness to the fact that God came to earth in human form in Jesus? Read verse 6Who does God testify of? Read verses 9–10What do we receive when we believe God’s witness of His Son? Read verses 11–12Why was this scripture written? Read verse 13Take a moment to reflect on what it means to you that the Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus. Includeyour reflection here:What have you learnt about God and His character from this session?What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryIsn’t it amazing to know that when we receive Jesus, we receive His Spirit, the Holy Spirit!The Spirit is truth, so we can trust His testimony that God came to earth in human form.God is a relational God who loves with a perfect love. His heart is for us to know andexperience His incredible love. The love of the Father, the Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit.He has given us the gift of His Spirit who testifies of Him, so that we can know and experienceHis love in our hearts.28

Found in His love. Accepted as I am.I’m changed forever. By the great I AM.ACCEPTANCE AS I AMSESSION 929

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo SummaryGenesis 29:31–35Hasn’t it been so special to learn more about ourselves andGod accepts us asto discover some of the reasons why we think the way we do.we are and fills ourTo know that we are accepted by God unconditionally frees usneed to be lovedfrom being trapped in the cycle of trying to seek the approvalof others. We can live in the reality that we are loved by Godand that He always approves of us. God sees our need to beloved, to be accepted and He fulfils both with a never-ending supply of His great love.Personal ReflectionTake a moment to reflect on what you have learnt about God and yourself from the video.You can include this here:Four Cards WorkshopHaving gone through the workshop in the video, include your responses to the workshopquestions here:MyselfHow do I feel about myself?Do I feel loved?Do I feel accepted by my community?What am I good at?30

What do I like doing?What is my favourite animal?What is my favourite food?What are my dreams?What am I scared of?My family (as a child)Who was in my family?What was the health of my family?What was my family’s faith?What were those in authority over me like?My educationWhat is one thing I learnt when I was a child?What was the person who taught me this like?What was my favourite thing to learn about?What was the hardest thing to learn about?What was the easiest thing to learn about?31

My community (when you were a child)What did I like about where I lived?What didn’t I like about where I lived?Where were the places I didn’t feel safe?Where were the places I did feel safe?Take a moment to look back over your responses. Are there any patterns or relationshipsbetween how you feel about yourself now and your circumstances growing up? Includethem here:Now that you have identified any positive or negative patterns between your circumstancesgrowing up and how you feel about yourself now, take a moment to reflect on the truththat God accepts us just as we are, and what that means to you. You can include yourreflection here:What is your personal, practical response/prayer?Closing SummaryHow reassuring it is to know that we are accepted by God just as we are. And out of that placeof being completely loved and accepted, we can live in true freedom. A place of peace, restand security. Living in the truth that we are accepted just as we are is a daily journey withHim. Knowing we are safe and secure in God’s love, helps break the controlling forces thatany negative thought patterns may have over us.32

God became flesh and blood, born of the Spirit, to be the sacrifice for all humanity,so that all who are willing can be born of Spirit.IDENTITY - BORN OF SPIRITSESSION 1033

Quick ScriptureReference GuideVideo SummaryJohn 1:12–13 TheHow exciting it is to know that when we receive Jesus we receivespiritual birth withinthe Spirit of God and a spiritual birth happens within us. We are1 Corinthians 15:47–49born of Spirit, take on Jesus’ identity as kings and priests andIncorruptible seedinherit His destiny, that is eternal life with God. How incredible it isthat Jesus physically died and was raised to life by God the Fatherand ascended back into heaven. He overcame death and has aneternal body, and we too will receive our eternal bodies—thosethat never get sick, old, or wear out. This will happen in an instant1 Corinthians 15:20–23The resurrectionRomans 5:17–19Born of spirit we reignwhen Jesus returns to earth in all His glory. Not only do we havein life through Jesusthis great inheritance to look forward to, but now, we live in theRevelation 1:5–6freedom of being acquitted of all our offences—past, present andJesus has made usfuture. We have been washed clean by Jesus. This is truly amazin

Himself personal, we will discover more about God’s journey with Jacob. Starting with Jacob’s first encounter with God in Genesis 28:11–21, what truth and promises did God declare to Jacob? Read verses 14–15 Let us now look at some of the other encounters God