REALLIFE STUDY GROUP
“By
The Book”
ICEBREAKER: Uncool Rules
What rule in school, home,
or on the job did or do you dislike the most?
Curfew, Limited Television & Video games, No snacks before dinner,
etc…
OUTLINE:
1. Place the
verse, 2. Parse the verse, 3. Paraphrase the verse, 4. Personalize the verse,
5. Pray the verse, 6. Practice the verse, 7. Proclaim the verse
TEXT:
Joshua 1:8
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
Joshua 1:8 says this Book of the Law shall not
depart from your mouth. What is your
favorite book beside the Bible? What is
your favorite book in the Bible and why?
2.
How often would you say you consistently read God’s
Word?
Regularly,
occasionally, seldom, almost never
3.
Joshua1:8 says but you shall meditate on it (God’s
Word)
day and
night. What does it mean to meditate on
God’s
Word?
4.
If you as a group were to paraphrase &
personalize Joshua 1:8
Into
contemporary language how would you say it?
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5.
Joshua 1:8 says to do all that is written
therein. What is the
most difficult thing to obey in God’s Word?
6.
When you’re playing sports the referee makes the
call when a
rule is broken. In what area of your life would you say
the enemy has tried to gain an unfair advantage either now or in the past?
7.
How do you define success?