"You Are More" - Sermon

Read Luke 8: 1-3 and Isaiah 43: 1.

1. What is Mary Magdalene’s condition before meeting Jesus? What

happens when she meets Jesus?

2. What demons do you wrestle with in life? Do you believe Jesus can

remove these demons from your life?

3. What part of the video clip did you find most impactful? Why?

4. Read Jeremiah 1: 5 and Isaiah 49: 16. What do these passages tell us

about God’s love for us? How does that make you feel? How might

this change the way you live?

5. In the video, Jesus says to Mary, “That’s not for you.” What was He

talking about? Was there a deeper meaning? Are there things in your

life now to which Jesus would say, “That’s not for you.”?

6. The chorus of the Tenth Avenue North song, “You Are More” says,

“You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than

the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you

create, You've been remade.” How does this relate to Mary’s story?

To your story?

7. Read Isaiah 43: 1. How does that verse make you feel? Is that verse

meant for everyone?

8. How does God’s grace heal, transform and empower us to live with

purpose and share the Good News?

Prayer for the Week:

Gracious and loving God,

We come before You today, humbled and in awe of Your great love and

faithfulness. We thank You for the example of Mary Magdalene, who

encountered Your grace and mercy in the midst of her pain and

brokenness. Just as You called her by name, You call each of us by name—

reminding us that we are never lost to You, no matter how far we may

have wandered. We know that we belong to You, and that in Your eyes,

we are precious, loved, and seen. We rejoice in knowing that we are more

than our mistakes, more than our past, more than the labels the world

may try to place on us. We are redeemed! Help us to walk in the freedom

of this redemption through Your life-changing grace and remind us that

our true identity is found in You alone. We pray all of this in the mighty

and merciful name of Jesus. Amen.