REALLIFE
STUDY GROUP
“Change The
Label!”
ICEBREAKER: Name one of your favorite
television moms or caretakers & tell us why? (Lucy, Edith Bunker, Marie
Barone, Debra Barone, Marion Cunningham, Roseanne Barr, The Nanny, Clair
Huxtable, Wilma Flintstone, Shirley Jones- Partridge Family, Margaret Anderson-
Father knows best, Peg Bundy, Caroline Ingalls- Little house on the Prairie,
Carol Brady, Wheezy Jefferson, Olivia Walton, June Cleaver, Marg Simpson,etc…)
TEXT: Mat 1:1-18, Joshua 2:1-24
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
There
are four mothers listed or referred to in Matthew’s account of the lineage of
Jesus Christ besides his mother Mary. As
a group can you list them and tell us their stories.
a.
T__________
b.
R__________
c.
R__________
d.
B__________
2.
Identify
one positive thing you learned from your mom or caretaker.
3.
Name
one thing that you thought or said you would never do that your parents did or
said.
4.
In
the book of Joshua, a woman was identified as Rehab the Harlot. Her name is mentioned 8 times in the Bible
and 6 of those times she is called Rehab the Harlot. We know that Rehab
confessed that God was the only true God of heaven and earth. What did she do that changed everything? And how did things change for her? Be
specific.
5.
What
are some of the negative labels that people put on each other? Why are these labels so painful?
a.
Dave
the______________
b.
John
the______________
c.
Sally
the______________
d.
Bonnie
the _____________
e.
Autumn
the _____________
f.
Mark
the ______________
g.
Jerry
the _____________
h.
Willy
the _______________
6.
Jacob
the cheater was transformed into Israel the ruler. Simon the wishy-washy reed was changed into
Peter the stable rock. Name a label that was put on you or you put on yourself
that God has had to change so that you could fulfill your destiny. And what would God add to your name now.
(Your name) the ____________________
7.
Why
do you think it was okay for Rehab to tell a lie?
8.
Rehab
was told to hang a scarlet cord out of her window and she and her household
would be saved. If you were to hang a
scarlet cord somewhere in your life right now where would you hang it? Over my…
a.
finances
b.
family
c.
neighborhood
d.
job
e.
physical
body (health)
f.
emotions
g.
______________________