Character Building--Lesson 10--Don't Give Up-Part II--Jeremiah

Discussion Questions:

1.  What keeps you motivated to get back up when all the things of life try to knock you down?  What does choosing to get back up have to do with character?

2.  Do you think God has a plan for your life like He did for Jeremiah?  How does one discover that plan?

3.  What causes people to avoid messages of condemnation or judgment?  Are there times we need to hear these types of messages?

4.  Does it encourage you or discourage you to see God allow Jeremiah to experience the hardships that he does?  What do you learn about your own hardships from what happened to Jeremiah?

5.  How difficult do you find it to be “I am who I am” under all circumstances?  How does your character tie to living in the image of God?

Character Building--Lesson 9--Don't Give Up--Peter

Discussion Questions:

1.  How has putting on Christ changed the things that are unseemly in your life?  What can you look back and see that wearing Christ every day has completely healed?

2.  How does it help to know that you have training wheels for your faith and character development?  How does our pride sometimes keep us from accepting the help that is available to us?

3.  What does it say to you that there are so many things Peter writes about in his epistles that he struggled with in his own walk with Jesus?  How have you seen practical wisdom come out of failure?

4.  How have distraction, carelessness, and/or overconfidence caused issues with your character?  What kinds of things help you avoid falling short in these areas?

5.  What is your next step in character development?  What are you learning from the lessons of this sermon series and from the life experiences you have faced lately?

Character Building--Lesson 8--What Will We Choose--Manasseh--II Chronicles 33

Discussion Questions:

1.  How have you seen God completely change a person’s perspective, so they move from disbelief to powerful faith?  How does God use pain to bring change of perspective?

2.  How does someone who has been provided such a deep spiritual feeding turn far away from the LORD?  What does this teach you about the need for personal convictions?

3.  What does it mean that the 3rd & 4th generation are affected by the choices we make?  How does this help you to understand the responsibility you have for those coming after you?

4.  How have you seen God chase after you?  How do guilt and/or shame negatively influence your understanding of His pursuit of you?

5.  Describe the amazing grace of God.  How has He rescued you personally from oppression and exile?  How does this move you to repentance?  What needs repentance in your life?