REALLIFE
STUDY GROUP
“100% Favor
Is In The Forecast!”
ICEBREAKER: What is your favorite ice cream
flavor?
DEFINITION: Favor:
1. Grace
a. That which affords joy,
pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
2. Good will, loving-kindness,
favor
a. of the merciful kindness by
which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps,
strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and
kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
3. Acceptance
OUTLINE: 3 Things That Favor Fights
1.
Fear
2.
Frustration
3.
Famine
TEXT: Psalm 5:12; Psalm 16:15; Proverbs 8:35, 36;
Proverbs 12:2;
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
How
would you describe the effects of a drought?
2.
What
is your weather report right now?
a.
Sunshine
above the storm
b.
Partly
sunny and partly cloudy
c.
Its
pouring down rain but I can see the most beautiful rainbow
d.
Thunder
and lightning
e.
I’m
watching for the next tornado to hit
f.
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3.
Psalm
5:12 says the favor of the Lord is upon me and surrounds me like a shield. What
does God’s favor feel like?
4.
Luke
2:52 says, And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and
man. Describe some of the ways that Proverbs 3:1-16 tells us how we can find
favor with God and man?
5.
Favor:
Favor
Activates
Valor
(to) Overcome
(the) Resistance
What is the greatest resistance in your life right
now?
a.
A
Person
b.
An
Attitude
c.
A
Circumstance
d.
Your
Environment
e.
Your
Thought life
f.
A
Habit
g.
___________________________________________
6.
According
to Psalm 44:3 how did the Hebrew people receive their promise?
7.
Fill
in the blank. “If anybody is going to get that _____________, it’s going to be
me! (Raise, Promotion, etc..)