REALLIFE
STUDY GROUP
“Seasoned
for the Season”
ICEBREAKER: If you had to pick a spice, or flavor that
would typify your personality what would you pick and why? Salt,
Pepper, Curry, Cinnamon, Red Hot
OUTLINE: 3 Tests That Will Spice-Up
Your Life!
1.
The
Test of Servitude: Serving Each other
2.
The
Test of Surrender: Obeying Spiritual
Directions
3. The Test of Survival: Enduring through the losses, unresolved
issues and hardships
TEXT: II Kings 6:1-7
STUDY
GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
In
2 Kings 6:1, the sons of the prophets realize that they need to build because
their dwelling place is too small. How
do you know that you need a bigger place?
a. Everybody is getting on
everyone else’s nerves
b. The bathroom is always
occupied
c. There’s not enough room in
the closet for all your clothes
d. You can’t get anymore junk
in the garage, the barn, the basement, or the attic
e. There’s not enough space at
the table for all his and her kids, relatives, and friends
f.
_______________________________________
2.
They
passed the test of servitude by their willingness to serve one another through
building together. What are some of the
ways that we can serve each other in the community or the church?
a. By treating each other with
kindness
b. By working in the
children’s ministry
c. By volunteering to help the
widows and elderly
d. By giving and sharing
e. _______________________________________
3.
In
2 Kings 6:2-4, the sons of the prophets asked their spiritual authority for
permission to go and build. What are
some of the areas of our lives that God has placed spiritual authority over us
to protect us?
a.______________________________________
b.______________________________________
c.______________________________________
d.______________________________________
e.______________________________________
4.
Submission to spiritual authority is the test of surrender.
In what area of most people’s
lives do you think it is
most
difficult to surrender their will to God’s delegated
authority?
a. Prayer & Bible
b. Paying Taxes & Giving
c. Speeding
d. Being told what to do at
all
e. ___________________________________
5. The test of survival involves trusting God
through the
hard times when things go
wrong. What was the last time you had a
day when you had a setback? Explain
6. In 2 Kings 6:5-7, a man
dropped the ax head he had
barrowed in the water. Then God did a miracle by causing the ax to rise
on top of the water. This symbolizes the
fact that just as God begins to enlarge us many times He supernaturally allows
issues to rise in our lives. What is the most pressing issue that just
keeps emerging in your life?
a.
anger
b.
fear
c.
procrastination
d.
jealousy
e.
lust
f.
laziness
g.
frustration
h.
PASS
i.
__________________________________________
7. Right now how would you
describe your life?
a.
I’m
really enjoying my present season
b.
I’m
transitioning from one season to another
c.
I
think I’m in a season between seasons
d.
This
must be “Groundhog day” again…help I’m stuck in a season
e.
I
have no idea! Just pray!