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Soul Wounds

Rejection and Acceptance 

Luke 7:36-47

January 4, 2026

 

1.  How would you define the "soul"?  When have you felt most connected or disconnected from your soul? 

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2.  What impact does rejection have upon a person? How can early rejection lead a person to seek acceptance in broken ways? 

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3.  Read Luke 7:36-47 - Why do you think the woman was so bold as to enter Simon's home and interrupt the party? 

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4. What impact does forgiveness, acceptance and grace have upon the life of this woman and all of us? 

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5.  Where has "rejection" written "no" across your life? And where has God's "acceptance" and "YES" brought healing into your life. 

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Soul Wounds

Abandonment and Security

January 11, 2026

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Soul Wounds: Abandonment and Security

Genesis 21:14-21

Genesis 16:13-14 

 

1.  What does abandonment do to a person's soul?  What types of abandonment have you experienced? 

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2.  Read the two stories of Hagar in Genesis 21 and 16.  What do we learn from these stories about God's care for the abandoned?  Why are these stories particularly helpful given who Abraham was? 

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3.  Hagar named God as "El Roi" - the God who sees me.  What are the implications of this name of God in our lives? 

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4. Where do you need the Lord to see you?  Who do you know who needs to know the Lord sees them? 

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5.  How can we grow in our awareness of the care and safety of God in our lives?