REALLIFE STUDY
GROUP
“The Power To Be”
ICEBREAKER: Tell
us who in your family named you. Do you
like your name and do you have any nick names?
If you would have named yourself what name do you think you would have
picked?
OUTLINE: A Human Being Versus A Human Doing
1. They know who they are 1. They know who others
want them to be
2. They rest in the promises 2. They wrestle with the
problems
3. Motivated by love 3. Motivated by neediness
4. Focus on 1 thing 4 Focus on everything
5. Empowered to say “no” 5. Afraid to say “no”
6. Live outside the box
6. Confined to the box
TEXT: John
1:12, Acts 1:8, 2 Timothy 3:1-5
STUDY GROUP
QUESTIONS:
- What do you think is the greatest
problem facing our country today?
- Drug Addiction
- The Economy (Loss of jobs)
- The War
- Terrorism
- The Breakdown of Marriage and Family
- The Health Care Industry
- The Disregard for Life (euthanasia,
abortion, harvesting human embryos for scientific research, ect…)
- Lack of ethics and Personal Integrity ( In all fields: Business, Politics, Entertainment,
Faith, Media, etc…)
- _________________________________________________
- Everybody wants change for the better
so what one thing would you be willing to change about yourself to get the
ball rolling?
- John 1:12 says that God has given us
the power to become the sons of God. What does it mean “to be” one of God’s
children?
- You’re not going to Hell
- You dress a little funny
- You stop cussing, drinking, chewing,
gossiping etc…
- You stop talking to people that don’t
believe like you
- You go to church everyday & twice
on Sundays
- You act like your Heavenly Father
- ________________________________________________
- What is the biggest excuse people use
for not going to church and how can we change those perceptions?
- Its boring
- Its not relevant
- Its too long
- They’re all hypocrites
- I’m not ready
- I have to work
- I’m too tired
- I don’t believe that stuff
- They just want all my money
- I don’t fit in
- I tried it already
- Those people don’t care about me
- They just want me to work in the
nursery
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- Acts 1:8 says that God will give his
people the power to be his witnesses.
What would you say is the difference between being a witness and
witnessing for Christ?
- It is a proven fact that North America is the only continent that
Christianity is not growing. What
do you think it will take to bring America to her knees?
- In 2 Timothy 3:1-5, the Apostle Paul
lists a number of traits that would exemplify the last days
generation. Read through the list
and identify two or three that really disturb you?
- How do your co-workers, friends and
family know that you are a Christian? Be specific if you can.
- I make mistakes but I admit when I’m
wrong
- They see me reading my Bible and
praying
- They knew me before and they have seen
the difference
- I tell them about Christ when I can
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