Before the Session

• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Encourage your group to listen to the FaithElement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).

Context

Play the 9-1-1 TV clip and ask:

• What would it be like as the person saved in this TV clip when he did not make the 9-1-1 call?
• How might such an event affect your belief in miracles?
• What might your first thought be if you had your leg broken, facing possible death, but got saved from death and hopelessness?
• When have you faced a traumatic event in your life, from which you were “saved?” (It doesn’t need to be as dramatic as this.)
• In what ways does being saved from a traumatic event possibly influence the ways we view other such events from there on?

Content

Read Isaiah 12:1-6, then watch the Bible Background Video. Ask your group: