REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“The Shame Game”

ICEBREAKER:  Have you ever cheated on a board game?  If so

what game was it and how did you do it?

 

OUTLINE:  5 THINGS CHEATING ROBS YOU OF:

1.        Relationships

2.        Responsibility

3.        Resources

4.        Recreation

5.        Rest

 

TEXT:  Luke 15:11-32, Isaiah 54

 

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1.        How bad do you think the problem of cheating is our society today?

a.       serious

b.       occasional

c.       rare

d.       never

2.        In what ways do Americans cheat and what is the worst kind

cheating?

3.        When you find out someone cheated on you how do feel and

how do you deal with it?

4.        In the Bible, Jacob’s name meant “cheater.”  In what ways

did he cheat?

5.        In what ways did the prodigal cheat himself and how have you

you cheated yourself?

6.        What do you think is the real motive for most cheating?

a.       To see if you can get away with it

b.       Peer pressure

c.       To try to meet needs that are not being met

d.       To try to get ahead.

e.       Fear of failure

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    7.  What is the most creative reason you have heard for cheating?

    8.  Take a moment ask the Lord to take away your shame?