1. Explain why forgiveness is needed in order for God to work miracles in one's life.
2. Respond to God by receiving forgiveness and extending forgiveness to others
3. Resolve to bring healing of the heart into his household through forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
4. Identify his contacts who also need to hear about God's forgiveness.

1. Prepare cards or slips of papers with names of God. Feel free to add to the list provided:
   1. ELOHIM (Strong One) - used for God's sovereignty, creative work, mighty work for Israel (Isa. 54:5);
   2. EL SHADDAI (God Almighty) - stresses God's loving supply and comfort (Gen. 17:1);
   3. YAHWEH JIREH (The Lord will Provide) - stresses God's provision for His people (Gen. 22:14);
   4. YAHWEH NISSI (The Lord is my Banner) - stresses that God is our rallying point and our means of victory (Ex. 17:15);
   5. YAHWEH SHALOM (The Lord is Peace) - points to the Lord as the means of our peace and rest (Jud. 6:24);
   6. YAHWEH ROI (The Lord my Shepherd) - portrays the Lord as the Shepherd who cares for His people as a shepherd cares for the sheep of his pasture (Ps. 23:1).
   
   Source: https://bible.org/article/names-god
   
2. Form groups of twos or threes.
3. Procedure:
   1. One person from the first group will pick a card.
   2. He will act or hum a tune to give clues about the name of God without using words
   3. Within 60 seconds, the group members should be able to guess the answer correctly.
   4. If no one from the group can guess the answer, members from the other groups can guess and get the score.
   5. The groups will take turns until the time allotment is over.
   6. The group with the most correct answers are declared winner.
      
      

Let's prepare our hearts to enter into a time of praise and worship. Let's worship Him with a grateful heart! Let's enter into God's house with a sacrifice of joy! (Choose songs from our list at the back.)

1. What was unusual about this story?
2. Describe the love that the friends expressed to the paralytic man.
3. Would you go to any lengths to help a friend receive healing?
4. What kind of faith did the paralytic friend have?
5. How difficult was it to get him up to the roof?
   Note: Archeologists have unearthed Peter's house where this healing may have taken place. The homes had stone stairs built into the side of the house for easy access to the roof. In the evenings, families would sit and talk in the cool of the night.
6. Did Jesus get upset about the hole in the roof?
7. What did Jesus tell the man?
8. Why is forgiveness of sin so important to the man's healing?
   Note: Since they believed that any physical problem was the result of sin, there may have been tremendous fear that he couldn't be healed because of his guilt. He needed God's forgiveness to survive. Jesus just cut through the "red-tape" and not only relieved him of his anxiety but also his paralysis.
9. Why were the Jewish authorities upset?
10. Why is forgiveness important in any healing?

To know the condition of our heart is very important. Our heart is the source of life (Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart because everything you do flows from it).

It determines the course of life we are to live. If our heart is affected, then everything around us is affected. You may have suffered a lot in your life but God is gracious that He forgives all our sins.

1. Confession of sins.
2. Declaration of healing.
3. Bringing in a new heart.

1. Welcome guests. Mention their names. Bless them in a quick prayer now.
2. Plan together how everyone in the group can invite more next meeting. Write the names of the invitees.
3. Excite them for the next meeting; same place, same time with new people to be added to the group.
4. Bring them to church on Sunday.
5. Begin to excite them about the Pre-Encounter and Encounter Weekend. Give them the dates.
   
6. Have fellowship. Have simple snacks to serve. Bless the people. Do not go over time.
7. Begin to delegate some of the parts of the program to some of your leaders like Welcome and Worship for the next meeting.