REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“Things I Learned From Michael Jackson!”

ICEBREAKER: Tell us one piece of trivia that you know about Michael Jackson. (Everyone in group has to say something different)

OUTLINE: What would Michael Jackson tell us today?

1. If you do not deal with your issues today, your issues will deal with you tomorrow. (Proverbs 4:23)

2. You can change the externals but if you are not willing to allow God to transform the internals you will still feel the same, talk the same, think the same, and act the same.(Romans 12:2 The Message)

3. Excellence, extravagance, & experiences will never fulfill your expectations.(Proverbs 13:11,12)

4. You can only temporarily anesthetize the pain if you will not allow God to heal the problem.(Proverbs 20:1)

5. The whole world is looking for somebody else to blame. (John 9:3 The Message)

6. The friends you keep can make you or break you. (1 Corinthians 15:33,Proverbs 17:17;Proberbs 18:24; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

7. Man was not created to be worshipped. (Exodus 20:3)

8. Eternity is far more important than you think, so get it right.

TEXT: Luke 16:19-31

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. Name an issue that is a frequent problem that new believers or believers in general have to overcome.

a. Anger

b. Un-forgiveness

c. Bad language

d. Procrastination

e. ____________________________________

2. If you could change one thing about the way you look what would it be? If God wanted to change one thing about you the way you behave what would he change?

3. Name something people want, buy or do to satisfy themselves?

4. People often use drugs, sex, alcohol, or food to deaden the pain in their soul. What are some of the causes of our pain or the pain of society in general?

5. Who or what do we use as our biggest scapegoats in America?

6. What are the qualities that we should be looking for in a good friend?

7. Michael Jackson is gone now but name some of the rich and famous that we have put on pedestals in America.

8. Michael sang a song that said “I’m starting with the man in the mirror and I’m asking him to change his ways. No message could have been any clearer, if you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make a change.” How would you like to see your world change?