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Building a Godly Nation: Changing Ourselves First

Explore the importance of personal change in building a free, just, prosperous, and compassionate nation. Discuss the antithesis, rate your nation's application of this principle, and discover the power to make a difference through scripture.

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Building a Godly Nation: Changing Ourselves First

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  1. Outroductions The Cry Freedom Workshop

  2. Overview Statement • A wise man has said: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

  3. Introductory Questions • We have witnessed that it takes more than a change in government to change a nation. What does it take to build a free, just, prosperous and compassionate nation? • What does the wise man’s quote, above, tell us about where the building of a godly nation begins? Explain!

  4. Post Video Discussion • What is the opposite – antithesis - of this principle? • On a scale moving from 1-10 with 1 being the opposite of this principle and 10 being the perfect application of this principle, where does your nation fall. • Give illustrations or stories to demonstrate your answer. These can be for the principle or the antithesis as you have observed it.

  5. Scripture Discovery • Read: • Set # 1: Rom. 3: 8; 6: 1-2, 15; Phil. 3: 18-19; Jude 4 • Set # 2: Rom.14: 1-4; Gal. 2: 4-5, 11-13; 6: 12-13 • Question: What kind of person does each set of verses describe?

  6. Scripture Discovery • Read • Set # 1: Luke 10: 25-37; James 1: 25; 2: 15-19 • Set # 2: Matt. 28:20; John 8:31-32; 1 John 3:18 • Question: • What did Christ and the New Testament writers underscore?

  7. Scripture Discovery • Read: 2 Chron. 7:14; Phil. 2: 13; Heb 13: 20-21 • Question: • Where do we get the power to do this?

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