RealLife Study
Group
TOPIC: “On Purpose, With a Purpose, For a Purpose”
ICEBREAKER: There are lots of different kinds of
puzzles; crossword, jigsaw, math, wood, sudoku,
brainteasers, logic, 3D.
What kind it your favorite? Do you find them enjoyable, frustrating, a
waste of time, or challenging?
TEXT:
Genesis 1:26-2:2
STUDY
GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
Identity:
Where did you come from?
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2.
Family
& Friends: Who are you connected to?
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3.
Destiny:
Why are you here?
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4.
Legacy:
What is your calling?
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5.
Authority:
What are your gifts and how can God use them?
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6.
Eternity:
Where will you spend eternity and why?
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7.
God
made at least 6 choices about you before you were born:
Your Parents, Your Generation, Your Birth Place,
Your Birth Order, Your Genetics, Your Gender.
Has there ever been a time when you questioned any of these
choices? If yes, which one or ones and
why?
8.
What
are the 6 commands that God declares over man in
Genesis 1:28?
9.
King
David took 6 steps and then would stop and make a
Sacrifice all the way to
a.
Time
b. Money
c.
Trust
d. ______________________________
Riddles:
I
am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never
released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
What goes round the house and in the house but
never touches the house? What is it that you can keep after giving it to
someone else?
What walks all day on its head?
What gets wet
when drying?
What comes once
in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is round
as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up?
There were five men going to church and it
started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed
dry
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What are they?
He who has it doesn't tell it. He who takes it
doesn't know it. He who knows it doesn't want it. What is it?
Brothers and sisters have I none but that
man's father is my father's son
Who spends the day at the window, goes to the
table for meals and hides at night?
I bind it and
it walks. I loose it and it stops
What goes round
and round the wood but never goes into the wood?
I went to the
city, I stopped there, I never went there, and I came back again.
I have a little
house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to
go out I must break through the wall.
Scarcely was
the father in this world when the son could be found sitting on the roof.
There are four brothers in this world that
were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and
is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song
that is never good.
A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father,
my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow
is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
Poke your
fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper,
my greedy lust devours them all
What is that
which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage,
and yet the carriage cannot go without it?
It stands on
one leg with its heart in its head.
It's been
around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along
came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away
wingless.
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with
a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was
it?
What belongs to you but others use it more
than you do?
What goes up the chimney down, but can't go
down the chimney up?
What is is that you will break even when you name it?
What fastens two people yet touches only one?
What is it the more you take away the larger
it becomes?
I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of
sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of
crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun,
but I am never out of darkness.
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
Who are the two
brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?
What holds
water yet is full of holes?
Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though
it is not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver
behind. What is it?
Lives without a
body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to
which the air alone gives birth.
A hundred-year-old man and his head one night old.
What goes into
the water red and comes out black? What goes into the water black and comes out
red?
When one does
not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then
it is nothing
I
am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never
released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
ANSWERS
Pencil lead What goes
round the house and in the house but never touches the house?
The sun What is it that
you can keep after giving it to someone else?
Your word What walks
all day on its head?
A nail in a horseshoe What
gets wet when drying?
A towel What comes once
in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M What is
round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up?
A sieve There were five
men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the
one that stood still stayed dry.
Body in coffin, and bearers The
more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps He who has it doesn't tell it. He who
takes it doesn't know it. He who knows it doesn't want it. What is it?
Counterfeit money Brothers and sisters have I
none but that man's father is my father's son.
My son Who spends the
day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?
A fly I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it
stops.
A sandal What goes
round and round the wood but never goes into the wood?
The bark of a tree I went to the city, I stopped
there, I never went there, and I came back again.
A watch I have a little house in which I live
all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break
through the wall.
A chicken in an egg Scarcely
was the father in this world when the son could be found sitting on the roof.
Fire, smoke There are
four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and
never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is
always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.
Water, fire, earth, wind A cloud was my mother,
the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit
of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the
torment of man.
Rain Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will
open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them
all.
Shears (or scissors) What
is that which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a
carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it?
Noise It stands on one
leg with its heart in its head.
A cabbage It's been
around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?
The moon A white dove flew
down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up
toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Snow melted by the sun As
I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither
straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
Sawdust What belongs to
you but others use it more than you do?
Your name What goes up
the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?
An umbrella What is is that you will break even when you name it?
Silence What fastens
two people yet touches only one?
A wedding ring What is
it the more you take away the larger it becomes?
A hole I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end
of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of
crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun,
but I am never out of darkness.
The letter S What is
put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
A pack of cards Who are
the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each
other?
Eyes What holds water
yet is full of holes?
A sponge Though it is
not an ox, it has horns; though it is not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and
wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?
A snail Lives without a body, hears without
ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth.
An echo A
hundred-year-old man and his head one night old.
Snow on a tree stump What
goes into the water red and comes out black?
A red-hot poker What
goes into the water black and comes out red?
A lobster When one does
not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then
it is nothing.
A riddle