5 | God Promises a New Covenant | ADT Spring Plan
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VISION
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[ Begin with sharing for one or two minutes the purpose behind T-Groups. You can do this by answering the question, "What is discipleship and why do we do it?", by sharing a Scripture about discipleship (such as Matthew 28:18-20, 2 Timothy 2:2, etc.), or asking them to share in their own words why they think discipleship is important and how it might lead to transformation ]
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FELLOWSHIP (about 30 minutes)
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1) What is a high and a low in your life since the last time we met?
2) What is something God has been highlighting to you through ADT this week?
3) How did your spiritual disciplines go this week? Let's fill out our accountability charts and recite our Scripture memorization passage.
4) Is there any sin you need to bring to the light so that God can bring healing in that area?
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EZEKIEL 36:16-38
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Israel to Be Renewed for His Name’s Sake
16 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
18 Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.
19 I also scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.
20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have left His land.’
21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
23 And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I show Myself holy among you in their sight.
24 For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the lands; and I will bring you into your own land.
25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26 Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.
28 And you will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.
29 Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you.
30 Instead, I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your wrongdoings and your abominations.
32 I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord God; “let that be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your ways, house of Israel!”
33 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your wrongdoings, I will populate the cities, and the places of ruins will be rebuilt.
34 The desolated land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.
35 And they will say, ‘This desolated land has become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste, desolated and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’
36 Then the nations around you that are left will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolated; I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.”
37 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.
38 Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
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DISCOVERY BIBLE STUDY QUESTIONS (about 10 minutes)
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1) What does this passage say about God?
2) What does this passage say about people?
3) How can we obey this passage?
4) Is the Holy Spirit bringing anyone to mind that you can share the truths of this passage with?
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PRAYER AND CLOSE (about 10 minutes)
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1) How can I be praying for you this week?
2) [ Pray for one another based on each persons' obedience steps from the passage, as well as their prayer requests ]