REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

"The Truth About Divine Appointments!"

ICEBREAKER: Tell us one of the most adventurous things you have ever done.

INTRODUCTION: Today's lesson is a reminder that God has set divine appointments and unexpected opportunities for just about every day. In Acts 8, Phillip was instructed by an angel that God has set a divine appointment for him with an Ethiopian in the desert who was reading from the book of Isaiah. So Phillip went and God used him to present the Gospel to him.

CONFESSION: There is a divine appoint for me. I am looking for opportunities to share my faith and encourage others. I am ready and in position for God to use me. I anticipate the inevitable supernatural intervention of God! I expect miracles, signs and wonders every day!

DEFINITION: Divine Appointment: When God supernaturally sets an appointment for you to meet with someone in need or for a Kingdom connection that is just too God to be a coincidence.

Psalm 37:23:

Steps: the direction or goings on or forth

Good Man: Not just a nice person, but rather a warring fighter that refuses to give up and has a righteous cause to fight for.

Ordered: established, directed like an arrow, ordained, founded, continued

OUTLINE:

Right Attitude + Right Place + Right Time = A Divine Appointment

4 Steps for preparing for God to use you:

1. Be careful to Listen

2. Get in position

3. Pay close attention to what's going on around you

4. Complete the mission

TEXT: Psalm 37; Acts 8

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. When was the last time you felt God sent you on a Divine appointment? Explain.

2. Sometimes you can be in the right place at the right time and still have things go crazy on you. How do you keep a right attitude?

3. Describe someone in the Bible that had a divine encounter that led him or her to a divine appointment.

4. How do you know you are in the right place at that right time when it comes to God's destiny for your life?

5. Identify a righteous cause that you have a passion to fight for.

6. Have you ever seen an angel like Phillip did? What do you think an angel would look like?

7. Identify an attitude you often have to deal with.

PRAISE REPORTS & PRAYER REQUESTS:

ACTION POINT: This week I will be sure to look for Divine Appointments in the midst of all the stress, the cacophony, the trials and the triumphs.