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Genesis 3:1-13 September 28, 2025 • Mount Pleasant UMC We Americans love our stuff. And I’m not pointing fingers at anyone; that most definitely includes me. I love my stuff and I have way too much of it. Ten years ago, when we moved to Terre Haute, I made a concerted effort to pare down our stuff. I donated many boxes of stuff to the Portage church’s rummage sale and to Goodwill, and do you know what? When everything was totaled after our move here, we were still over the Conference limit for moving expenses. Because we have too much stuff. And guess what we’ve done since we’ve been here? Buy more stuff. According to the Federal Reserve, over the last three years (post-pandemic), our spending has increased every year but our income has not. Every year, we go deeper in debt, and we still don’t think have enough stuff. I often say that our challenge is we have too much month at the end of our money, but the real problem we have isn’t a stuff problems. It’s not an economic problem....

“Till By Turning We Come Out Right” Sermon Study Guide for September 28, 2025 Downloadable Version Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13 Stuff… 1. Back to the Garden “Eden” Genesis 2:16-17…provision “You will be like God…” tov Mark 10:17-18 2. Our Story Wants vs. Needs Two diseases: a. ____________________ b. ____________________ “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (3:13) Shakers… MY WANT LIST 1. 2. 3. Questions to Discuss or Ponder: When are you most tempted to buy something you don’t need? What sorts of things tempt you the most? Why do you think those things tempt you? In what way does your family distinguish between “want” and “need”? Is there any way in which you justify a “want” be renaming it a “need”? What would have to change for you to find your ultimate satisfaction in God rather than in things? Scripture for the Week: Monday - Genesis 3:14-24 Tuesday - Philippians 4:10-20 Wednesday - Mark 10:17-31 Thursday - Luke 16:19-31 Friday - Psalm 91...

“When God Feels…Compassion” Sermon Study Guide for September 7, 2025 Downloadable Version Scripture: Isaiah 49:13-16a Allen Charles - “compassion plea” 1. The Emotions of God “Our ___________________ is the most important thing about any one of us.” Hebrews 6:18 - “immutability” 2. The Compassion of God a feeling of ___________________________ compassion involves ___________________ Compassion in the Old Testament Compassion in Jesus’ parables Compassion in God’s people Psalm 145:9 Luke 6:36 Matthew 9:36 Matthew 14:14 Matthew 15:32 Philippians 2:1-2; Colossians 3:12 Questions to Discuss or Ponder: When have you most needed to experience compassion? What happened? Why does our view of God have such a huge impact on who we become? How have you seen this happen? What is compassion? Who is the most compassionate person you know? How does compassion go beyond feeling? Which of the parables of Jesus most demonstrates the compassion of God? What effect does...