What God Wants For Us: Battered & Complicit

What God Wants For Us

Part 3: Battered & Complicit

1. How does knowing you are made in God's image (marked) change the way you see yourself and your purpose in life ( made to make God’s mark)? 

1. Have you ever felt like sin has distorted your ability to see God clearly, like ice on a windshield? What was that experience like?

1. Read Romans 7:18-20. Can you relate to Paul’s struggle—wanting to do good but still falling into sin? How have you seen this play out in your life?

1. What specific ways have you felt "battered by sin” or “complicit in sin”—through pain, loss, or struggles in your relationships?

1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. How does it make you feel to know that Jesus took on your sin to restore your relationship with God? Why is this good news? 

1. Do you find it easy or difficult to see God as a "safe harbor" where you can be completely honest about your struggles? Why?

1. What is one step we can take this week to encourage each other to trust God more with our pain, struggles, or confession of sin?