REALLIFE STUDY GROUP
“If you build it, He
will come”
ICEBREAKER: Name
a historic or present day dreamer, inventor, builder, reformer, or leader and
tell us what impresses you most about him or her.
OUTLINE: 5 Careless Compromises
1.
Don’t
Build At All (Stop Dreaming)
2.
If You
Build, Build Here (Stay Under This Authority)
3.
When
You Build Don’t Go Too Far (Don’t Be Radical)
4.
You Can
Build Just Leave Your Children Behind (Next Generation, Leverage)
5.
You Can
All Go And Build Just Leave Your Flocks & Herds Behind (Offerings)
4
Stakes Of Building A Tent of Meeting
1. The Word: Defining our Purpose
2. Prayer: Defining our Position
3. Fasting: Defining our Power
4. Giving: Defining our Provision
TEXT: Isaiah 54:1-3, Hebrews 11:23-29
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
- What about
Moses has impacted you most?
- Compassion:
He felt the pain of his people
- Courage:
He put his life on the line to return to Egypt
- Commitment:
He kept going back to pharaoh
- Consistency:
He never gave up
- _______________________________________________
- Moses’ name
means to be drawn out because he was literally drawn out of the Nile.
David was drawn out to fight Goliath. Joseph was drawn out to lead Egypt during a crisis. Daniel was drawn out
by only bowing to the God. Have you
ever felt like you were drawn out by God to stand up or fight for
something or someone? Explain.
- Why did
Pharaoh not want the Hebrews to go and build a place of worship?
- When we
build a place of worship and God shows up, what does He come to change
most?
- Our
Attitudes
- Our
Beliefs
- Our
Conduct
- Our
Desires
- Our
Emotions
- Our
Thinking
- _____________________________________________
- Of the 4
stakes of building listed above which need the most attention in your
life?
- Pharaoh
tried to get Moses to compromise in 5 different ways listed above. Which of these has the enemy tried to
use in your life?