REALLIFE
STUDY GROUP
“Intellectually Stimulated!”
ICEBREAKER: What is the most challenging book you have
ever read, movie you have ever see, class you have ever taken, or job you have
ever worked?
OUTLINE: Thoughts About Thoughts
1.
Thoughts
that are accepted, agreed with and meditated on often become the prophetic
picture of the future that we are expecting.
2.
Thoughts
are seeds waiting for the opportunity to bear fruit.
3.
Thoughts
that are dwelled upon are the foundation for what one believes and what one will
become.
Seven Thrones of Thought in
the Soul
1.
Your
thoughts will supply or produce your words.
Matthew
12:34; Luke 6:45
2.
Your
thoughts will forge your weapons.
2 Corinthians
10:4,5
3.
Your
thoughts will empower your will to either succeed
or fail.
Joshua 1:8
4.
Your
thoughts will provide your wealth.
Jeremiah
29:11
5.
Your
thoughts will determine your works.
Philippians
4:8
6.
Your
thoughts will direct your walk.
Psalm 1
7.
Your
thoughts will enhance or distract your worship.
Psalm 77:11,
12
TEXT: Philippians 4:8,9;
Proverbs (The
chapter that corresponds to the date)
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
1.
What
author, coach, family member or friend challenges or inspires you the most? And
tell us one thing you have learned from that person.
2.
What
was the last book besides the Bible that you read?
3.
Sometimes
the enemy will try to temp us with a thought that we cannot afford to dwell on.
Identify a thought that is too expensive to dwell on that Satan often throws at
people.
a.
Thoughts
of sickness & disease
b.
Thoughts
of bitterness & resentment
c.
Thoughts
of hatred & revenge
d.
Thoughts
of depression & despair
e.
Thoughts
of fear & doubt
f.
Thoughts
of lust & uncontrolled passion
g.
Thoughts
of greed & selfishness
h.
Thoughts
of insecurity & rejection
i.
Thoughts
of guilt & condemnation
j.
Thoughts
of anger & rage
k.
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4.
Proverbs
12:5-6, explains the impact of both our thoughts and our words. Why do the
words of the righteous rescue him/her?
5.
In
what area of your life right now do you need to exercise the most willpower?
6.
If
it is true that crises always occurs at the curve of change, what do you most
need to change right now and what opposition will you face to make that change?