REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“In The Game”

 

ICEBREAKER:  Your Work “Play-ce”

If you could have any job or work anywhere you wanted where would you choose?

 

OUTLINE:

3 Hindrances To Gaining Success

1.  Attitudes

2.  Appetites

3.  Apprehensions

Principles of Engagement 

1.        What you focus on you will be drawn toward.

2.        What you magnify you will manifest.

3.        What you refuse to deal with now you will be forced to deal with later.

4.        What you internalize, you will externalize and ultimately eternalize.

5.        What you worship you will become like.

 

TEXT:  Joshua 1:11

 

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1.        What do you like most and least about your job or home?

2.        What could you do to make your home or work environment a better place?

3.        What does the phrase, “get your head in the game” mean to you?

4.        Joshua 1:11a says to get ready for the battle by preparing victuals or provisions meaning food.  The word “victuals” means food that has been hunted for.  God’s Word is called bread, milk, fruit, and meat.  How hard are you willing to search for a Word from God in the Bible?  How are you preparing for the conflicts that you face?

5.        If God were to prepare a meal for you what would he make? Seriously!

a.     BaManna nut bread

b.     Angel food cake   

c.      Un-deviled eggs

d.     Sandwiches with miracle whip

e.     Peanut butter & Jelly, no pork

f.      __________________________

6.        Joshua 1:11 goes on to say that in three days they will go in to battle. 

The number “3” represents death, burial, & resurrection.  That means death to wrong attitudes, appetites, & apprehensions.  To keep your head in the game of life which of these three must you deal with most?

Explain.

      7.  On a daily basis what 3 things occupy most of your thought life?