REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

TEXT: 5 Principle of a Fall

1. God keeps a record of every fall.

Matthew 10:9 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

2. In every fall there are redemptive seeds for miracles.

John 12:24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies; it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

3. Everyone falls but the righteous keep getting up.

Proverbs 24:16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again

4. Some things can only be learned through a fall because pride is blind to its own weaknesses

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

5. Some falls can be prevented

Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. In the garden Adam and Eve hid when the fell to temptation. What were the consequences of their sin? How has their sin impacted us? (There's more than one answer.)

2. What are some of the feelings and responses people have when they fall

a. We feel so afraid

b. We feel so ashamed

c. We make excuses

d. We blame others

3. What do you think God would like for us to learn from times we have fallen in an area of our lives?

4. What are some of the things we can do to keep from falling into temptation?

a. Stay away from bad influences

b. Find someone we trust to keep us accountable

c. Remember the cost from the last time we fell

5. When David sinned with Bathsheba what did it cost him?

a. From then he lived in constant war

b. He lost 4 sons

c. He lost respect and almost lost his kingdom

6. How did God see David after He repented?

7. How does God see you right now?

a. A little lost right now

b. I'm just hiding out

c. I’m still getting up from the last fall

d. I'm hurting but nobody really knows how bad. Thank God for grace I’m trying to learn from others so I don't have to fall.