REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“Leave A Life Long Legacy”

 

ICEBREAKER:  Winning in Life!

Tell us about a time that you won something and what did you win?

If you cannot remember ever winning something tell us about a time you wanted to win something and did not win.

 

Text:  Exodus 23:26, Proverbs 3:1-3

 

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1.       People are said to be remembered for either the problems we

         create or the problems that we solve or both.  What problem                                 

         would you like to be remembered for solving?

2.       Who in your life has died prematurely and how have you dealt

With it and how does his/her life still impact your life?

3.       Who was the oldest person in the Bible?  Who is the oldest

person you know right now?  When you were a teenager what did you think of as the age when people got old? And now?

4.       Name the legacy the following people left us:

a.        Abraham Lincoln                     i.  Walt Disney

b.       John Crapper                          j.  Col. Sanders

  c.  Michael Jordon                        k.  Howard Stern

  d.  Martin Luther King Jr.             

  e.  Madonna

  f.  Mother Teresa

g.  Benedict Arnold

h. Jesus Christ

5.       Besides someone simply having an accidental death, old age 

death, or death due to sickness what are some of the Biblical

reasons for a shortened life?

6.       What are some of the ways that we could extend our life and influence and leave a legacy to those that follow us?

7.       Just over 100 years ago the average life span was 39 years. 

What would you like to be able to tell God you did with double the life expectancy?

8.       What does Proverbs 3:1-3 tells to do if we want quality life &

Peace?

ANSWERS

 

#5  Disobedience to parents…..Eph. 6:1-3

     Not walking in the way of the Lord….Deut. 5:33

     Failure to teach God’s Word at home….Deut. 11:19-21

     Not fearing the Lord…Proverbs 10:27

     Failure to control your tongue…1 Peter 3:10

     Pursuing Evil….Proverbs 17:22

     Lack of Knowledge

     Martydom

 

#6  Your Word, Work, Wealth, & Your “wittle” ones (Natural and              spiritual offspring)