REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

"Raise Up!"

ICEBREAKER: If you could visit any country or culture what would you choose and why?

CONFESSION: God raised Jesus up and He raised us up with Him.

I was raised up to raise others up too! I was raised up to raise up the hard questions. I was raised up to raise up sons and daughters. I was raised up to raise up fruit that remains. I was raised up to raise up a banner of love. I was raised up to raise up spiritual weapons. I was raised up to raise up Kingdom finances! I was raised up to wake up my generation!

I believe that The Resurrection, God's raising up strategy, was a game changer that...

· Changed the momentum

· Overturned the tables

· Reversed the curse

· Lifted the standard

· Shook the earth

· Turned the tide

· Bewildered the guards

· Encouraged the disciples

· Reshaped the future

· Redeemed the past

· Reclaimed the present

· Shocked the enemy

· Busted the barriers

· Freed the captives

· Bestowed the gifts

· Silenced the opposition

· Overcame the odds

· Lifted the burden

· Conquered the grave

· Raised the bar

· Stopped the madness

· Transcended the veil

· Exposed the lie

· Revealed the truth

· Broke the mold

· Settled the argument

· Upstaged the devil

· Calmed the storm

· Restored the order.

· Renewed the hope

· Made the difference

· Transitioned the season

· Fulfilled the prophesy

· Delivered the promise

· Birthed the church

DEFINITION:

Raise up:

1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up

2) become powerful

3) to arise, come on the scene

4) to stand

a. to maintain oneself

b. to be established, be confirmed

c. to stand, endure

d. to be fixed

e. to be valid

f. to be proven

g. to be fulfilled

h. to persist

i. to be set, be fixed

5) to fulfill

6) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose

7) to cause to arise, raise, set up, erect, build

8) to arouse from sleep, to awake

9) to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life

OUTLINE: Things that we raise

· Parents raise children

· Farmers raise a harvest

· Students raise questions

· Investment Bankers raise capital or money

· Bakers raise their bread

· Solders raise the flag

TEXT: Acts 13:16-34

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11 KJV)

But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (Jeremiah 30:9 KJV)

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. (2 Corinthians 4:14 KJV)

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. (Isaiah 61:4 KJV)

But God raised him from the dead: (Acts 13:30 KJV)

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1) One of the meanings of raise up is to awake. Fill in the blank. Americans need to wake up because _______________________

2) Spiritually Jesus raised us up to sit with Him in heavenly place!

What does that mean to you?

3) Isaiah 61:4 says we are to raise up the desolations in other words the torn down places. What are some things or places or beliefs that have been torn down in our world?

4) Why was it important for Jesus to raise from the dead?

5) I believe I was raised up to ________________________________

6) Raise up also means to build up. In what areas of your life do you need to build up your faith? What has torn down your faith?

PRAISE REPORTS & PRAYER REQUESTS:

ACTION POINTS: I will do at least one random act of kindness every day this week.