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 Chile Pepper Powder, Rosemary, Soy Sauce Powder, Sage, Anise, Mustard, Nutmeg, Orange Peal, Lime Powder, Honey, Garlic, Onion, Peppermint, …

 

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 Reading

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!