Questions for Discussion

1. What are some pieces of advice you have received from people? Has it been helpful or not? What was the message behind the advice?

2. If someone were to ask you “What is the key to a successful/happy/purposeful life?” what do you think you would tell them? What would be your advice?

3. Read Joshua 1:8. What, according to the Lord, is what causes a person to be prosperous and successful? Do we live like that? Do you live like that? Why or why not?

4. Read Deuteronomy 10:12-13. Does fearing the Lord sound like a good thing or a bad thing to you? Why?

5. According to these verses, what are the results of fearing the Lord? What does that tell you about God and his character?

6. How do you fear the Lord? What does it look like when you don’t fear the Lord? How would your life be different if you feared the Lord more?