Total Time: ~2.5–3 hours
Focus: Beholding God’s perfect character - flawless in righteousness, beauty, and purpose.
✨ Session 1 – The Rock: Perfect in All His Ways
📖 Primary Reading (30 mins):
- Deuteronomy 32 (entire chapter) – Moses’ song proclaiming God’s justice and perfection
🔑 Key Verse from the Chapter:
- Deuteronomy 32:4 – “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment…”
📖 Additional Passages:
- Psalm 18:30 – “As for God, his way is perfect…”
- 2 Samuel 22:31–33 – David repeats the same theme: God is a shield and perfect in every way
🔍 Word Study Suggestions:
| KJV Word | Language | Original Word |
|---|---|---|
| Perfect | Hebrew | תָּמִים (tāmîm) |
| Rock | Hebrew | צוּר (ṣûr) |
| Justice | Hebrew | מִשְׁפָּט (mishpāṭ) |
🧠 Reflection Prompts:
- What does it mean that God’s work is perfect?
- How does understanding God as the Rock shape your view of His character?
💎 Session 2 – God Needs Nothing: The All-Sufficient One
📖 Primary Reading (30 mins):
- Acts 17:22–34 – Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill declaring that God is not served as though He needed anything
🔑 Key Verse from the Chapter:
- Acts 17:24–25 – “God… dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing…”
📖 Additional Passages:
- Psalm 50:7–15 – God owns the cattle on a thousand hills
- Exodus 3:13–14 – “I AM THAT I AM” - the self-sufficient One
🔍 Word Study Suggestions:
| KJV Word | Language | Original Word |
|---|---|---|
| Need | Greek | προσδέομαι (prosdeomai) |
| I Am | Hebrew | הָיָה (hāyāh) |
🧠 Discussion Questions:
- If God is complete in Himself, what does that say about His motives in saving us?
- How does God’s sufficiency contrast with the idols Paul described in Acts?
🌿 Session 3 – God’s Purpose is Perfect
📖 Primary Reading (30 mins):
- Isaiah 46:3–13 – God declares the end from the beginning - His counsel shall stand
🔑 Key Verses:
- Isaiah 46:9–10 – “I am God, and there is none else… My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.”
📖 Additional Passages:
- Romans 11:33–36 – “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!”
- James 1:17 – “Every good gift… cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness…”
🔍 Word Study Suggestions:
| KJV Word | Language | Original Word |
|---|---|---|
| Counsel | Hebrew | עֵצָה (ʿēṣāh) |
| Purpose | Hebrew | מֵחָשָׁבָה (maḥăšāvāh) |
| Unchanging | Greek | ἀναλλοίωτος (analloiōtos) |
🧠 Application & Reflection:
- If God’s counsel never fails and never changes - how should that affect your trust?
- In what areas of life do you struggle to believe God’s plan is perfect?
✝️ Final Encouragement & Memory Verse
📖 Memory Verse (KJV):
“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”
- Psalm 18:30
🙏 Prayer Prompt:
- Thank God for being perfect in love, in justice, and in His purposes.
- Ask for a heart that rests in the certainty of His unchanging nature.