Discovering the Father's HEart

At every E2E and gospel conversation training that we do, we always start with the Father's heart.  If we can help the church dive into scripture to discover God's heart and desires for our world, we have a great place to begin training disciples who will make disciples.  

We've turned that beginning session into a worksheet so that groups of Christ followers can discover together the  Father's Heart and we want to share that today.  

Gather a group of friends.  Set aside an hour and work through this discovery study.  And then begin to pray and dream into the final question.

You can work through the study below or download the worksheet HERE.

Assignment: Together with a group of friends, read each passage below and write a simple summary of what the passage reveals about God’s heart and desire for our world.

Passages

• Genesis 12:1-3 (focus on 3b)
• Exodus 9:16
• Isaiah 49:6
• Psalms 67:1-7
• Psalms 86:9
• Habakkuk 2:14
• Malachi 1:11
• Galatians 3:8
• Matthew 24:14
• John 17:13-19
• Luke 15:1-10
• 1 Timothy 2:3-4
• Revelation 5:9
• Revelation 7:9
• Revelation 22:1-5
• 2 Peter 3:9
• Matthew 28:18-20
• Acts 1:8
• 2 Corinthians 5:18-20

Finally, work through these two questions together.

• Looking at all of these verses, what are the basic desires of God for our world?
• Jesus teaches his disciples to pray in Matthew 6:9-13.  In verse 10 Jesus says to pray, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  In light of all the verses above, what do you think it would look like if God’s kingdom came and His will were done completely in your context?

YWAM's List of Verses

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