RealLife Study Group
Subject: "Brokenness"
Ice Breaker: "Who Am I?
Description: When guests arrive place a sticky note on their
back with the name of some biblical character. When everyone has arrived tell
them they can ask one yes/no question of each guest until they figure out who
they are. Questions like: Am I a man? Did I have siblings? Etc.... The first one
to figure it out wins. Keep playing until everyone gets it right.
Text: Exodus 30:34-38
- What are the names of the spices used in verse 34 to prepare the incense
for the Altar of Incense?
- What were they to do with these spices in verse 36?
Text: Matthew 5:1-10 (The Message Bible)
- In what areas have you made the most progress in the last year? Ther are
8 qualities given in this passage that brokeness will produce.
- Self-Acceptance: The ability to accept yourself so that you can accept
others.
- Empathy: The ability to feel what others feel.
- Gentleness: The ablilty to be tender and lead without overpowering others.
- Spirituality: The ability to maintain spiritual priorities.
- Sensitivity: The ability to pick up on the hurt and pain of others.
- Transparency: The ability to be yourself without pretense.
- Peacemaking: The ability to harmonize differences.
- Endurance: The ability to stand up for what you believe without getting
defensive or compromising your priniciples.
- In what areas are you struggling?