REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“Order in the House”

 

ICEBREAKER:  Describe something that you have made, built, put together, created or repaired with your own hands.     

 

CONFESSION: My steps are ordered of the Lord.  I believe 2012 is going to be the year of God’s perfecting order in every area of my life.  I surrender to God’s organization plan for my life, my dreams, my work, my family, my finances, my schedule and my relationships.  I surrender the clutter for the better.  I surrender the confusion for His direction.  I surrender the disorganization for His preparation. 

 

DEFINITION:

ORDER: (Hebrew) ARAK

1.    to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare

2.    to compare, be comparable

ORDER: (Hebrew) KUWN

1.    prepared, ordered, established, ready, right, fixed, set, confirmed

2.    to confirm, establish or maintain

3.    to direct or aim as a weapon, an arrow, to turn one’s mind

4.    to constitute or appoint

5.    to set up, erect, strengthen

6.    to found as a sanctuary

7.    to create, to form

8.    to set upright as a throne

9.    to found as a city

10. to prepare, make ready as food

 

OUTLINE: Array, order, prepare, expert, value, compare, direct, equal, estimate, furnish, ordain 

 

Psalm 23:5 – “Thou PREPAREST a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”

 

Psalm 5:3 – “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I DIRECT [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.”

 

Psalm 78:19 – “Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God FURNISH a table in the wilderness?”

 

Psalm 89:6 – “For who in the heavens can be COMPARED unto the LORD?  [Who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?”

 

Psalm 132:17 – “There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ORDAINED a lamp for mine anointed.”

 

Isaiah 44:7 – “And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and SET IT IN ORDER for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.”

 

Job 37:19 – “Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot ORDER [our speech] by reason of darkness.”

 

Jeremiah 6:23 – “They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, SET IN ARRAY as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.” 

 

Jeremiah 46:3 – “ORDER ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.” 

 

Joel 2:5 – “Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people SET IN BATTLE ARRAY.” 

 

TEXT: Proverbs 16:9 (KJV); Psalm 37:23

 

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1.    Which of the following describes you?

a.    Dot every “i” and cross every “t”

b.   It looks like a mess, but I have a system;

c.    Okay, so I’m a pack rat

d.   I can’t find anything; I’m a wreck

e.    Everything has a place and is color coded

2.    What part of your life could you use a good dose of God’s order?

3.    Of the following, which would be most difficult for you to trust God with?  Explain.

a.    Checkbook

b.   Calendar

c.    Journal or Diary

d.   Contact Book

e.    Facebook

f.     Photo Album

4.    If God were to more effectively direct the aim or direction of your praying, how would your prayers change?

5.    How do you feel when things are in disarray or completely disorganized?

6.    As soon as I get my life in order I’m going to __________. 

 

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

ACTION POINT:  The first thing I’m going to reorganize and put in order this year is __________.