What are your UGBs? An Un-Godly Belief (UGB) is something that can stand in the way of God’s Best and rob from you. What are they and how do we replace them with GBs (Godly Beliefs)? In this message, you will see how God can heal you from the UGBs that have been lying to you and bring you to His point of view. DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: Ask God what UGBs you have believed about Him or who you are in Him that has hindered your relationship with Him. Write each UGB on a separate line. CONFESS “Lord, I confess my sin of believing the lie that _______ (be specific).” FORGIVE & REPENT “I choose to forgive _________ (people who contributed to your forming this ungodly belief) for __________________ (be specific – i.e. words you spoke over me, for letting me down, etc.). Lord, bring Your healing touch to the hurt in my heart that led to me believing this lie. I repent and ask You to forgive me for receiving this ungodly belief; for living my life based on it and for any way I have judged others because of it. I receive Your forgiveness.” RENOUNCE “I renounce and break my agreement with this ungodly belief and with all powers of darkness behind this belief. Thank You Father for healing my heart. I choose to accept, believe and receive the godly belief that _________________________________ . Journal any more insights the Father shows you. Now spend time resting in God’s presence and let Him speak to you about Godly Beliefs. Going forward as you start your day with God, declare your Godly Beliefs about God out loud. If you do that, you will discover that those old UGBs about God have been dug up, healed and completely removed. Now look at your UGBs that you have written down and replace them with the truth of the GBs that the Father reveals to you.

Life is like a series of tables. We get to choose which table we will sit at. But when the King invites you to sit at His table, the blessings are beyond what we could ever have imagined. In the message, we look at the story of Mephibosheth and the radical kindness that King David poured out upon him. The beauty is that God pursues us to do the same! DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: 1. Discuss the analogy of “sitting at a table” and why it is important that we show great wisdom when choosing to sit at the table with various people in our lives. How does aligning yourself with others affect your walk with Jesus? 2. In Mephibosheth’s story, how did he view himself? How did King David view him? 3. Why did sitting at the King’s table heal Mephibosheth's decades of shame? How do you connect his story with what God has done for you? 4. What does it look like for you to sit at the King of Heaven’s Table every day of your life? What happens when you are not seated with Him? 5. This is a call to greater intimacy and closeness to God. What are you doing to keep close and live from a place of being seated with Christ (Ref: Ephesians 2:6)

Intimacy with God is much like the commitment and devotion of romance in a healthy relationship. It is intentional and essential. Knowing God from a distance will never expose you to His heart. In this message, Pastor Richard Doherty reminds us of the importance of romance in the nurture of our love for God.

We all want to experience God’s presence and His unconditional love, but why does it seem so hard to reach at times? Walls. Stumbling blocks. Wrong beliefs. In this message, we are overcoming two blockages that prevent us from knowing God more intimately...FEAR and STRIVING. DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: 1. Spend some un-rushed time soaking in God’s presence. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you anything or anyone that led you to believe that you are supposed to respond to God in fear. If any names or faces come to mind, spend time releasing them into forgiveness. 2. Ask Father God: - In what ways has my fear of You held me back from truly knowing You? - Is there any memory you want to see healed today where that fear took hold? - If so, ask Jesus where He was in that memory and what He wants to tell you about that situation. Spend time as a group talking this through. 3. In what areas of your life have you tried to earn God’s love or strive to gain His attention and/or blessing? 4. Discuss what Father God has already given to you without any effort on your part. 5. Spend time praying for each other and for the chains of fear and striving to break. Pray a blessing over each other that expresses the Father's heart of love.

We are living in a world where the danger of comparison is causing many to doubt and question their worth and value. Many voices of opinion and false ideas of perfection are destroying people every day. So, what does Father God have to say about you? In this message, you will be encouraged by the opinion of the One who matters most. Be prepared for the search for significance to end when you realize how valuable you actually are. DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: 1. What areas of your life do you doubt your significance to your Heavenly Father? 2. Take time in prayer to ask God what He wants to say to you about those things. Wait for Him to speak and write them down or discuss as a group. 3. Is there an area of your life where you believe you are unworthy of Father’s attention? How do you think He would respond to those thoughts. 4. Read 1 John 4:16. What is the difference between knowing something mentally (ginosko) and believing something from the heart (pisteuo)? 5. What head knowledge does God want to move to your heart today? In other words, are there any beliefs that you know with a mental understanding, but are yet to see lived out in your life (e.g. giving an offering, witnessing to unbelievers, forgiving someone, your health, vision etc.)?

We all have our own perceptions of God and what it takes to get to heaven, but how much of that is grounded in God’s truth? In this message, we are taking some familiar Scriptures and beliefs and recapturing the beauty of what Jesus came to show to the world. DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: 1. Read John 14:6. Jesus said He is THE WAY. He is the way to Whom? How did Jesus reveal to the world what the Father is like? 2. If you’re having difficulty getting to the Father, spend some time resting in His presence and ask Jesus to come and be “The Way” and help you reach the Father. Write and/or discuss what you experienced. 3. Read Psalm 139:23-24 preferably in The Passion Translation. Use that prayer inviting God to reveal to you any blockages, obstacles, lies or wrong beliefs standing in the way of you knowing the Father more deeply. Then ask Him what truth He wants to give to you in its place. 4. In what ways do you still see Jesus as the One who protects you from the Father’s hand?5.Spend time soaking and resting in God’s presence and ask the Spirit to wash over you, clearing out the things that are keeping you from knowing the Father more intimately.

God created man for the enjoyment of a walking relationship that involves talking, listening, friendship, intimacy, joint decision-making, having fun and shared responsibility. In this message, you will be reminded that God longs to walk with you. He wants to establish an intimate friendship with you that is walked out through our everyday lives. DISCUSSION and ACTIVATION: 1. How do you “walk” with God? 2. How important is this in your life and do you consciously try to walk with Him? 3. What are some other important factors we need to consider in order to walk intimately with God? 4. Can you think of a time when you actually felt like you were literally walking with God? 5. Spend time in prayer specifically asking God to deepen your walk with Him and to stir up a desire to experience this closeness daily.