Mercy - Part 1
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Mercy Part 1 Sermon Guide
Main text: Psalm 139:13-16
Texts you can read/reference in your group at your discretion:
- Genesis 1:27 (Created in the image of God) 
- Isaiah 44:24 (The Lord forms you in the womb) 
- Exodus 21 (Rights given to the preborn in the mosaic law) 
- Judges 13 (Samson referred to as a boy in his mother’s womb) 
- Jeremiah 1 (“You knit me together in my mother’s womb”) 
- Luke 1 (John the Baptist in the womb) 
- Ruth 4 (The Lord gave ruth conception) 
Discuss the takeaways:
- God intricately forms the people he has made 
- God intentionally predestines the people he has made 
- How do we respond? 
- Choose life for your child 
- Begin to pray 
- Start to speak up 
- Choose to vote 
- Consider your ministry 
Questions for greater discussion
- Have any of you been affected by abortion or the concepts discussed Sunday? If so, please share. 
- How is it that individuals who are physically or mentally disabled are fearfully and wonderfully made? 
- What are some ways we see Satanic agendas around us to steal, kill and destroy those made in the image of God? (John 10:10) 
- How does the Gospel apply to those who have lost children? What about those who have intentionally snuffed out the life of a child in the womb? 
- What are some practical ways you can speak up and advocate for the preborn around you? 
- How can you not just vote pro-life but live pro life? 
- Where is it proper to have conversation and dialogue about the horror of abortion in our culture? 
Pray together and close it out!
