Grace Wheel: Redemption

1. Are you a coupon clipper? Is it worth your time or not?
2. What are some things that other people do that you feel like isn’t worth your time?
3. Can you share any examples of when you’ve felt like you weren’t worth someone’s time or effort?
4. Can any of you share any examples of times when you’ve felt like you weren’t worthy of God’s attention, time, or love?

The Meaning of Redemption
This week’s image on the Grace Wheel is Redemption. Redemption means deliverance or freedom secured from some evil by payment of a price. God loves us, cherishes us, values us so much that Jesus was willing to sacrifice himself so that we would be redeemed from our slavery to sin.

1.  How does that strike you or make you feel?

Read John 8:34-36.
Jesus teaches us that everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

1. Working together to understand it, can you explain what he means by this?

​Read Romans 7:14 - 8:17. 
Paul explains this concept even more.

1. What does Paul teach about us being slaves to sin or living according to the flesh?
2. What does Paul teach about living according to the Spirit and the difference between the two?
3. What does all this mean for your daily life?
4. What can we do to help others feel valued enough by God to lead them to redemption?