REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“One Thing!”

 

ICEBREAKER: Tell us one thing you would like to do before you leave this world.  (If you saw the movie “The Bucket List” you know what I’m talking about.)

 

DEFINITIONS:  ONE meaning:

1.    To be unified; in agreement, correct alignment, to have a cohesion.

2.    To have a single focus.

a.    What you focus on you are drawn toward

b.   What you focus on you are becoming like

c.    What you focus on is all you can see at that moment

3.    To be whole, complete, at-one-ment

 

OUTLINE: 

3 Products of Unity

1.    Unity creates an atmosphere of Peace

2.    Unity creates an environment of Power

3.    Unity creates the possibility of Posterity, Multiplication

 

4 Verses dealing with One Thing

1.    One Thing I Do; Phil 3:13-14

2.    One Thing I Know; John 9:25

3.    One Thing You Lack; Mark 10:21-22

4.    One Thing Is Needful; Luke 10:42

 

TEXT: Psalm 27:1-4

 

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1.    In your home what one thing do you have the most trouble agreeing on with others, God, or even yourself?

a.    Money

b.   Disciplining kids

c.    Chores

d.   What you are going to eat

e.    Who’s in Charge

f.     _____________________________

2.    In your life what one thing most often steals your focus? Give us an example if you can.

a.    Fear

b.   Frustration

c.    Disappointment

d.   Lack

e.    New Opportunities

f.     Spiritual Attacks

g.    _____________________________

3.    If you could direct your focus on one characteristic of the beauty of Christ in the hopes of becoming like Him, what quality would you choose first?

a.    His Faithfulness

b.   His Integrity

c.    His Kindness

d.   His Servant’s Heart

e.    His Love For Justice

f.     ______________________________

4.    What one problem in your life right now is trying to look bigger than it really is?

5.    Oneness with God produces wholeness.  When you haven’t spent enough time in His presence name one thing about yourself that you notice.

a.    I get irritable, resentful

b.   I get fearful

c.    I get distracted by the little stuff

d.   I have trouble managing my emotions

e.    I lose my sense of peace

f.     I withdraw

g.    I hear the call to my wild side

h.    ______________________________

6.    Why do you think that things, luxuries and comfort have become so important in America?

7.    Mary understood the one thing that was needed most in the life of every believer while Martha confused ministering for the Lord with ministering to the Lord.  What one thing do you think that God most wants from you? (My praise, My Trust, My Obedience, My Willingness To Forgive, My Attention…)