Courage Crossing Homework/Study Sheet/February 19, 2012 Message Review: My mother’s cancer—Happy talk and other stupid things people say—How Romans 8:28 became the most misunderstood and misquoted verse in the Bible—Are Self-Inflicted wounds God’s doing?—Why Murphy’s Law matters—Can a bad thing be a good thing?—Why we might want Jesus to wait a while before coming back—The importance of the pathway of obedience Getting Down To Business:
2. Prior to this last week’s sermon, how would you have responded to the statement, ‘Everything happens for a reason ’?.. Would you have agreed or disagreed? Why? 3. Have you ever been on the receiving end of well-meaning but hurtful clichés similar to those that Pastor Dave heard during his mother’s cancer?
4. In this week’s message we saw that Romans 8:28 has some conditions that are often overlooked. What do the following verses have to say about these conditions? 5. Here are two verses that speak to our tendency to claim that something bad was actually good because of the good God brought out of it. Read each one and discuss your thoughts. 6. When it comes to most of the bad stuff that happens in your life and the life of those you know, what percentage would you assign to each of the following categories—and why?
CONCLUSION/PRAYER TIME… All of us have dealt with…. Are dealing with…. And will deal with tough issues in our lives in the future….. What do you in your group need to be praying about? Share…. And Pray… |