Wait! That Can't Be Right!--Lesson 1--So Many Choices--Genesis 48

Discussion Questions:

1. Why does God allow choice if our choices can hurt or destroy us or someone else?

2. Do you believe God has a recipe for your life? How difficult has it been for you to follow

the recipe? What kinds of things tempt you to add colors that make it impossible to stay

true to the color the LORD wants you to be?

3. How does 17 years in Egypt change Jacob’s outlook on life? What lessons do you learn

from this example in Jacob’s life?

4. Do you see the same kind of intention that Joseph and Moses showed in picking a culture

happening in our culture today? What are some ways the church can help families be

more intentional with the path they set for their children?

5. How does Jacob’s model of using past, present and future help you with determining

direction or the right colors for your own life?

So Thankful--Lesson #4--It is All in How You Hear It--Psalm 136

Discussion Questions:

1. How important is the concept of not being able to hear leading to not being able to speak

or put into practice that truth in your life? How does this premise excite you about

learning to hear God in new ways?

2. How has the devil been successful in stripping away the joy of high notes or low notes

and led people to believe their lives are off key or bland? What would help people hear

the truth of God’s Kingdom better so their lives are full of praise, gratitude & thanksgiving?

3. If you were writing a Psalm like this about your own life, for what expressions of the loving

kindness of God would you give thanks?

4. How do the missing chapters within this Psalm provide hope for the overall plan of God to

be victorious? Does this help you to have patience upon the LORD when you are in the

middle of difficult situations?

5. How does seeing that God allowed Jesus to face His own “bulls of Bashan” (and the

result was the same) encourage you in the challenges you encounter?

So Thankful--Lesson #3--His Love Endures Forever--Psalm 118

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do temporary situations have so much power over our focus and security? How does

being reminded of the hesed covenant love of God and its everlasting nature help?

2. What kinds of struggles can you look back upon and say, “It came to pass”?

3. How does assurance of salvation help you face even the worst of life experiences with

a cry of this being the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it?

4. How does God taking a rejected stone and turning it into the chief cornerstone reveal the

plans He has for your life?

5. How would the message of this Psalm have provided Jesus with encouragement and

hope as He faced betrayal and crucifixion? How wonderful is it that He had this song to

sing as He stepped out into the darkness that awaited Him?