REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“Build Me An Altar”

ICEBREAKER: Tell us the highest, most majestic mountain you have seen and how impacted you? And if God were to give you a mountain full of anything besides cash what would you ask for?

(Candy, Jewels, Joy, Opportunities, Pizza, Friends, Etc…)

OUTLINE: 3 “Altaring” keys

1. Alteration: Information through Impartation

2. Altercation: Conformation through Confrontation

3. Alternation: Transformation Through Substitution

TEXT: Genesis 12:1-8; 13:18, 22:1-3,9

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. Who in your life besides Jesus has sacrificed the most for you?
1. Parents
2. Siblings
3. Military
4. Teachers
5. Coaches
6. _______________________________________________
2. Abraham’s life was defined by the different places that He lived and the altars that He built. From passages above can you find the 4 different names of the places he built altars?

a._______________________________________________

b._______________________________________________

c._______________________________________________

d._______________________________________________

3. Name one specific location or stage in your life where or when

God required you to build an altar and tell us why?

a. In High School: Give my rebellion to God

b. In College: Give up a relationship to God

c. In Church: Give my money to God

d. ______________________________________________

4.Why do you think God asked Abraham to Give him his child of promise?

a. Because it was a type of the sacrifice Jesus would make

for us on the altar of the cross

b. Because it was a test to see if Abraham really trusted

God

c. Because ________________________________________

5.Genesis 12:2, God says to Abraham that He will bless him and and make him a blessing. What do you think the difference is?

6.If you could bless somebody in a ridiculously generous way what would you do?

a. Put them through school

b. Pay off their mortgage

c. Give an extreme make-over (just kidding)

d. Send them on an all-expense paid vacation

e. Tell them about Jesus

f. ______________________________________________

7.Verse 3 says God will bless those who bless us and curse those who curse us. Why is it so hard to let him deal with the curses?

a. Fear: He won’t make them pay enough

b. Anger: I can’t help myself

c. Impatience: I can’t wait that long

d. ______________________________________________

8.If you were to build an altar in your home where would you build

it and what would be your biggest concern right now?