REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“Bethlehem: The House of Bread”

ICEBREAKER: What is your favorite thing to eat with or on your bread? (Butter, Honey, Apple Butter, Peanut butter, Strawberry jam, Grape jelly, Peach preserves, Bananas & Mayonnaise, Maple Syrup, etc…)

OUTLINE: Fresh Bread (Rhema Revelation) Facts

1. Fresh Bread is time sensitive

2. Fresh Bread requires a response of obedience

3. Fresh Bread nourishes, strengthens, and energizes

4. Fresh Bread has an inviting aroma

5. Fresh Bread is soft and easier to digest or swallow, not dry, moldy and stale

6. Fresh Bread makes you hunger even more

7. Fresh Bread is necessary for some things to be enjoyed. (Butter, jam, etc…) Revelation and timing are just as important as knowing some basic principles

TEXT: Ruth 1, Isaiah 58,

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. What are some of things that will happen when we fast and feed our bread to the poor in Isaiah 58:1-9?

2. Describe a time when you felt the leading of the Lord to do something and you knew it was important to do it right away?

3. What will happen if we are willing and obedient according to Isaiah 1:19? Name one thing that means to you in today’s society?

4. What do you need to nourish and strengthen in your life?

5. What was the last thing you learned or God showed you that you couldn’t wait to tell somebody?

6. Assuming salvation is the first priority, what revelation would you like your political leaders to get?

7. Naomi, her husband and sons moved away from Bethlehem (The House of Bread) to Moab because of a famine. Have you ever felt like you were going through a spiritual famine? Explain.