REALLIFE
STUDY GROUP
“Destiny
Shakers”
ICEBREAKER: What was your most prized toy as a child?
DEFINITION:
Shake: a motion
produced by winds, storms, waves;
to upset, rattle, disturb, agitate the
mind, to cast down from one’s secure happy state.
OUTLINE: 7 Destiny Shaking in Events in Life
1. Death
2. Disease
3. Disaster (Earthquake,
Tornado, Hurricane, Tsunami, Flood, Fire, Landslide, Ice storm, Volcano
Eruption, War, Tragedy, Loss, etc
4. Debt
5. Divorce
6. Depression
7. Delay (The Eventless Event)
TEXT:
Matthew 7:24-28, Luke 6:38, Acts
16:26, Heb 12:27,
2 Thessalonians
2:2
STUDY GROUP OUTLINE:
1. Name
someone’s death that has impacted your life. Describe how it has affected you?
(Read Psalm 23:4)
2.
Name a disease that must bow to the name of Jesus. Have each group member read
at least one of the following verses out loud as a faith decree against
disease.
35 Healing Scriptures
Romans 10:17 tells us that faith comes from hearing
and hearing from the Word of god. These verses can be written on a small card,
carried around and memorized.
1. (Exodus 15:26 NKJV) and said, "If you
diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His
sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none
of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD
who heals you."
2. (Deuteronomy 32:39 NKJV) 'Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is
no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there
any who can deliver from My hand.
3. (2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV) "If My people who are called by My
name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal
their land.
4. (Psalms 30:2 NKJV) O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed
me.
5. (Psalms 6:2 NKJV) Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I
am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
6. (Psalms 103:1-4 NKJV) Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is
within me, bless His holy name! {2} Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not
all His benefits: {3} Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your
diseases, {4} Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with
lovingkindness and tender mercies,
7. (Psalms 107:20 NKJV) He sent His word and healed them, And delivered
them from their destructions.
8. (Psalms 147:3 NKJV) He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their
wounds.
9. (Proverbs 3:7-8 NKJV) Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD
and depart from evil. {8} It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your
bones.
10. (Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV) My son, give attention to my words; Incline
your ear to my sayings. {21} Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them
in the midst of your heart; {22} For they are life to those who find them, And
health to all their flesh.
11. (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV) But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by
His stripes we are healed.
12. (Isaiah 58:8 NKJV) Then your light shall break
forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear
guard.
13. (Isaiah 61:1 NKJV) "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has
sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the
opening of the prison to those who are bound;
14. (Jeremiah 3:22 NKJV) "Return, you backsliding
children, And I will heal your backslidings." "Indeed we do come to
You, For You are the LORD our God.
15. (Jeremiah 17:14 NKJV) Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save
me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
16. (Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV) For I will restore health to you And heal you
of your wounds,' says the LORD, 'Because they called you an outcast saying:
"This is Zion; No one seeks her."'
17. (Jeremiah 33:6 NKJV) 'Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I
will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
18. (Hosea 6:1 NKJV) Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has
torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
19. (Hosea 14:4 NKJV) "I will heal their backsliding, I will love
them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.
20. (Malachi 4:2 NKJV) But to you who fear My name The Sun of
Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And
grow fat like stall-fed calves.
21. (Matthew 4:23 NKJV) And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
22. (Matthew 8:16 NKJV) When evening had come, they brought to Him many
who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed
all who were sick,
23. (Matthew 9:35 NKJV) Then Jesus went about all the cities and
villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
24. (Matthew 10:1 NKJV) And when He had called His twelve disciples to
Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all
kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
25. (Matthew 10:8 NKJV) "Heal the sick, cleanse
the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely
give.
26. (Luke 6:19 NKJV) And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for
power went out from Him and healed them all.
27. (Luke 9:6 NKJV) So they departed and went through the towns,
preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.(The twelve are sent out)
28. (Luke 10:8-9 NKJV) "Whatever city you enter, and they receive
you, eat such things as are set before you. {9} "And heal the sick there,
and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'(The seventy are
sent out)
29. (Healing of the lame man at the Gate Beautiful) (Acts 4:29-31 NKJV)
"Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with
all boldness they may speak Your word, {30} "by stretching out Your hand
to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy
Servant Jesus." {31} And when they had prayed, the place where they were
assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
30. (1 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV) to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
31. (James 5:14-16 NKJV) Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the
elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord. {15} And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord
will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. {16}
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may
be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
32. (Revelation 22:2 NKJV) In the middle of its street,
and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve
fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations.
33. (Luke 8:47 NKJV) Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden,
she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the
presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was
healed immediately.
34. (Luke 8:48 NKJV) And He said to her, "Daughter, be of good
cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
35. (Luke 5:17 NKJV) Now it happened on a certain day, as He was
teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had
come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the
Lord was present to heal them.
3. Identify one thing that the
people in Joplin, Missouri, may be grieving the loss of since the devastating
tornado. Now as a group take a minute to pray for those families of that town.
4. Which of the following
verses about debt jumps out at you? Why?
Exodus 22:14
If
a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its
owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.
Deuteronomy 15:6
For
the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to
many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but
they will not rule over you.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The
Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your
land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend
to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
2 Kings 4:7
Then
she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your
debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
Psalm 37:21
The
wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is gracious and gives.
Proverbs 22:7
The
rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Do
not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you
lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
Ecclesiastes 5:5
It
is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Romans 13:8
Owe
nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has
fulfilled the law.
5.
Divorce is never God’s best and our heart breaks for those who have experienced
this painful event. And while it is permissible in the case of adultery and
severe abuse, why do you think God hates divorce? Which one of the following
issues bothers you most?
A. It is devastating emotionally
B. It is financially crippling
C. It impacts all of your relationships
D. Unless there is healing, the divorced
often end up in another relationship like the previous one
E. The children sometimes bear tremendous
emotional scars and often feel at fault
F. While no one has the right to judge you,
people often do
G.
People often wrestle with heavy guilt and regret
H. Statistics tell us it sets up the pattern
for divorce in future generations
I. _________________________________________________
6. How do you deal with depression?