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Fresh Start With God
Intimacy Builder: Describe a time when you tried something new for you.

Isaiah 43: 18Forget what happened long ago! Don't think about the past. 19I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands. (CEV)
1. What is wonderfully new about our hope of eternal life that we have in Christ?

Prov 15: 22Without good advice everything goes wrong-- it takes careful planning for things to go right. Prov 24: 10 Don't give up and be helpless in times of trouble. Prov 2712Be cautious and hide when you see danger-- don't be stupid and walk right into trouble.(CEV)
2. How does God want us to plan for the future?

Galatians 3: 3How can you be so stupid? Do you think that by yourself you can complete what God's Spirit started in you? 4Have you gone through all of this for nothing? Is it all really for nothing? 5God gives you his Spirit and works miracles in you. But does he do this because you obey the Law of Moses or because you have heard about Christ and have faith in him? (CEV)
3. How can we learn from our mistakes? What does this have to do with faith in Jesus?

Prov 16: 9We make our own plans, but the LORD decides where we will go.Prov 29:25Don't fall into the trap of being a coward-- trust the LORD, and you will be safe. 
Prov 4: 23Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life. (CEV)
4. Is it possible to succeed without God's help? Why are our thoughts so important? 

Psalm 11Happy is the man who does not walk in the way sinful men tell him to, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit with those who laugh at the truth. 2But he finds joy in the Law of the Lord and thinks about His Law day and night. 3This man is like a tree planted by rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time and its leaf never dries up. Whatever he does will work out well for him. (NLV)
5. What's the best way we can deal with peer pressure? 

Isaiah 42: 16I will lead the blind on roads they have never known; I will guide them on paths they have never traveled. Their road is dark and rough, but I will give light to keep them from stumbling. This is my solemn promise. (CEV)Zechariah 4: 6So the angel explained … I am the LORD All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit. (CEV)
6. When a person feels alone, how are they assured God is still with them? 

Job 19: 14…I am forgotten … 17My breath disgusts my wife; everyone in my family turns away. 18Young children can't stand me… loved ones have turned from me. 20I am skin and bones-- just barely alive…25I know that my Savior lives, and at the end he will stand on this earth. (CEV)
7. How and why does God use pain and adversity in our lives?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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