Pre-encounter Lesson 1

1. WELCOME TO
OUR
PRE-ENCOUNTER
SESSIONS

2. FOUR
WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITIES
PRE-ENCOUNTER LESSON
1

3. 1. THE ENCOUNTER
OPPORTUNITY
“You will seek me and find me
when you seek me with all your
heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13
Example: The Prodigal son (Luke 15:11-
20)
 No matter how far you may have strayed from
God, you can stop right now and turn back to
Him.

4. 2. THE RECONCILIATION
OPPORTUNITY
“I will set out and go back to my
father and say to him: Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against
you. I am no longer worthy to be
called your son; make me like one
of your hired men.”
Luke 15:18-19

5.  We can have a true reconciliation
with God only when we acknowledge
our sin, when we repent and
renounce all the evil we have
committed, and ask for God’s
forgiveness.
“If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us
our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness.”

6. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV)
All this is from God, who reconciled
us to himself through Christ and
gave us the ministry of
reconciliation:
that God was reconciling the world
to himself in Christ, not counting
men's sins against them. And he
has committed to us the message of
reconciliation.

7. 3. THE RESTORATION
OPPORTUNITY
“But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: While we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
 Luke 15:23-24
 All our sins deserve punishment, but God allowed
His Son Jesus Christ to take our place and pay for our
sin.

8. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NIV)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is freedom.
And we, who with unveiled faces all
reflect the Lord's glory, are being
transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes
from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

9. 4. THE PROVISION
OPPORTUNITY
“Yet to all who received him,
to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to
become children of God.”
John 1:12

10.  Because of our faith in Jesus, God
considers us His dear children,
making us participants of the same
riches in glory as Jesus.
“For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
9not by works, so that no one can
boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9

11. Romans 8:31-32 (NIV)
What, then, shall we say in response
to this? If God is for us, who can be
against us?
He who did not spare his own Son,
but gave him up for us all--how will
he not also, along with him,
graciously give us all things?

12. APPLYING THESE
TRUTHS:
 Starting today, make a decision to:
 Have an encounter with Jesus Christ by
accepting Him and experiencing God’s
most beautiful gift for your life.
 Repent of all sin and be reconciled to
God.
 Receive God’s gift or redemption.
 Repent of all sin.
 Receive God’s full provision for your life.