REALLIFE STUDY
GROUP
“Life Is But A Dream”
ICEBREAKER: Describe the most realistic and/or
strangest dream that you have ever had? Do you ever dream in black and
white? Take a vote on the weirdest dream
in the group.
OUTLINE: Dreams…
1.
Have
the ability to reveal our callings or ministry gifts
2.
Have
the ability to bring correction, protection or direction?
3.
Can be
prophetic revealing the future
4.
May
provoke or stir up a spirit of intercession
5.
Sometimes
expose the internal issues of our hearts
TEXT: Joel
2:28-29; Matthew 1:20, 2:13; Acts 16:6-10;
Psalm 126:1
STUDY GROUP
QUESTIONS:
- As a group, name as many people in the
Bible as you can who received dreams from God.
- In Acts 16:6-10 how many times did the
Holy Spirit stop them from going to certain towns to minister & where
did He send them?
- How do you know if a dream is from God?
Philippians 4:8
List
the 8 characteristics that describe how God wants us to think?
1.
____________________
2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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- What kind of things can we learn about
ourselves from our dreams?
- Subconscious frustrations
- Just how nutty we really are! Ha
- Who we might be unconsciously angry at
- _________________________________________________
- Do you often, sometimes, rarely or
never remember your dreams?
- Why might God speak to us through
dreams
- To confuse people who are blonde
- Sometimes because we have not spent
enough time in His Word
- To confirm something He has already
told us
- _________________________________________________
- Have you ever woken up from a dream and
been mad at someone for something you dreamt about even though you knew it
was only a dream? Explain.
- If anyone in the group has reoccurring
nightmares please stop and pray for the peace of God in their lives. ( You don’t
have to share the nightmares if you don’t want to.
- What do you think God’s dream is for
your life? To what country or people group would you have to hear from God
to even consider going and why?