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- Walking in the Cool of the Day - Ch. 17 One Thing About God Bible Study
Chapter 17 - Walking in the Cool of the Day
Summary
Walking in the cool of the day is the culmination of everything we learned in this book. Again it’s not something we have to try to do, just find ourselves doing as we learn about and abide in the love of God. This is the life we can look forward to with God. It’s a life full of peace, love and joy regardless of our circumstances. It’s a life free from guilt, offense and laboring. It truly is a beautiful life that God has made for us. Enjoy.
Outline - Walking in the Cool of the Day
- We don’t have to wait until we get to heaven to experience the benefits of our relationship with God. We can experience the benefits of walking with God in the here and now.
- This term comes from Genesis 3:8 in the King James version which says; “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” The word for “in the cool” is translated from the Hebrew word ruach which means breath, wind or spirit. So walking in the cool of the day could also be thought of as walking in the spirit.
- Again, walking in the spirit is dwelling in the thoughts and intentions of God towards you. When you do this, that spirit will bring forth fruit, not you.
- Don’t Try Too Hard - when you’re trying too hard to produce fruit and/or see God’s quality of life manifest in your life, you leave yourself exposed for the lies of the enemy to come and wreak havoc in your life. The devil’s mindset will try to come in and take advantage of your over eagerness in an attempt to frustrate you and disappoint you with the goal of getting you out of relationship with God.
- Abide In Him - apart from Him we can do nothing.
- The fruit of the spirit is not a bunch of things we are commanded to do in our will power, it’s the life we experience when we are walking in the cool of the day.
Scriptures
- Acts 17:24-28 MSG
- Hebrews 4:11
- John 15: 4-5
- Genesis 3:8
Questions
- Does God need us to run errands for Him per Acts 17? Are we like His slaves or free to live with Him?
- How does the approach a baseball hitter takes at the plate give us an example of how to live the Christian life?
- What happens when we are over eager to produce fruit? How does the devil take advantage of that?
- What are we able to do in our own power? How does this correlate to giving God glory?
- What does walking in the spirit mean?
- What does walking in the cool of the day look like to you? How often would you say you experience this?
- How can we restore somebody to walking in the spirit if we see that they are not? If you have any experience with this, share with the group.
- When we are frustrated and burnt out, what is that a result of?
- Do you find that you struggle more with getting peace about something in the past or the future? Discuss with the group and see if others may be able to encourage you.
- What are some practical things you can do to walk in the cool of the day?
6 min - We don’t have to wait until we get to heaven to experience the benefits of our relationship with God. We can experience the benefits of walking with God in the here and now.
- Christian FAQ's/Myth Busters - One Thing Bible Study Ch. 16
Chapter 16- Tough Questions/Myth Busters
Summary
Some good questions tend to come up in our walk with God. This section is like a Christian FAQ’s page. The questions we address here are why does God send people to hell? Why do good things happen to bad people? And also why aren’t my prayers getting answered? These are complex answers but really give you some good insight about God and His true nature when you can get a revelation of the truth about these questions
Ch. 16 Outline - Tough Questions/Myth Busters
- 1) How can a loving God send people to hell?
- God isn’t the one who sends people to hell. He gives people free choice and the only way someone goes to hell is if they choose that they don’t want anything to do with God.
- If a child has cancer, do you hate the child or hate the cancer that is killing them? When Jesus died on the cross, God was killing the thing that was killing us. What was killing us? Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death…not God. Those that don’t obtain eternal life will do so because of the wrong belief they have, not because God is killing them.
- Woman caught in adultery - Did Jesus say he couldn’t stand to be around her? The scriptures actually said to stone this woman, but Jesus said I don’t condemn you. Jesus was the Word of God. He judges no man according to the flesh, meaning by what they do or have.
- 2) Why do bad things happen to good people?
- The question really should be why do bad things happen at all?
- The way people make God out to be the bad guy leaves no need for the devil. It’s like we’ve made God the most valuable player on the devil’s team. The devil doesn’t play on God’s team either, he is not God’s messenger boy. John 10:10 makes it pretty clear and simple: The thief (devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- Putting John 10:10, 1 John 3:18 and Hosea 4:6 together we can see that a lack of knowledge about the devil and his intentions leads to death and destruction (bad things).
- 3) Why does God allow bad things? True love requires a choice. In us having that free will, some will chose to reject God thus opening the door for these bad things.
- Why aren’t my prayers getting answered?
- What are you delighting in? Psalm 37:4
- Who are you praying to?
- Don’t use your faith for things, put your faith IN Jesus. That’s it. It’s his good pleasure to give you the kingdom. He knows what is best for you and He wants you to succeed even more than you do.
Scriptures
- Ezek. 16:6-14 NIV.
- John 8:3-11 NIV.
- Romans 2:4
- 1 John 3:8 NIV
- Matthew 6:7-8 NIV.
- Psalm 37:4
- John 17:3
- 2 Peter 1:3
6 min - The Ultimate Buzz - Ch. 15 One Thing About God Bible Study
Chapter 15 - The Ultimate Buzz
Summary
The Christian life is not just about receiving. It’s also about giving. You have to receive first, which is why that has been the emphasis of this book, but I wanted to talk about how the receiving will affect our relationships with others as well. We’ll need to be able to forgive others, which can be a very difficult thing. Sometimes we’ll also need to forgive ourselves and even God in our own minds. The key to be able to do this is to see things from God’s perspective and how He is able to love. Abiding in His love will not only bring much freedom to our own lives but also free us up to love others as well.
Outline - The Ultimate Buzz
- The Ultimate Buzz is speaking about feeling God’s love for others and seeing Him work through you
- Example of me being in search of the perfect buzz - we don’t want to experience the buzz by ourselves
- In terms of God’s perfect buzz (His love for us), He doesn’t want to experience this by Himself either. He wants someone to share in this “buzz” with Him. He wants to talk about how we and others make Him feel. He wants to talk about His experiences, thoughts, emotions, etc. We are the ones that “do it” for Him and He loves when we share in this “buzz” with Him.
- Forgiveness is huge for relationships and experiencing this buzz - the “only love those who love me” attitude is a very weak position to operate from. You are giving others control over your life.
- Most of the pain we feel is not from our actual interactions with people, but the judgments we make about what they are doing or saying to us. This is where the problem lies.
- Crooked Car Parking Example - many times we only see others for where they are and not what caused them to get there. Many times we take people’s actions against us so personally when it’s actually something that is a result of us living in a fallen world.
- A revelation of God’s forgiveness frees you up to love others regardless of how they treat you
- Jesus forgiving on the cross - that kind of life can be born in us as well.
Scriptures
- John 15:12
- Col. 3:13
- James 3:17
Questions
- What does the word Elohim mean? How does this show us the relational aspect of God?
- How would you describe the ultimate buzz discussed in this chapter? Can you relate to it?
- What is the source of most of the pain we feel in relationships?
- Think about the crooked car parking story. Discuss some instances where you may have a hard time forgiving someone. Do you think their interactions with you may have been based on something that happened to them in the past?
- What do you think Jesus’ thoughts were on the cross? Who did He forgive? How was He able to forgive? Is this only possible for Jesus or can we find this kind of life born in us too?
- What is the key to forgiveness talked about in this chapter?
- How do you feel about your ability to forgive others? Share with the group your experiences
- What kind of position does the “only love those who love me” belief lead to? Have you ever found yourself in that position?
- Does God demand love from us or supply love to us? What effect does this have on our lives?
- What are some practical things you can do to abide in the love of God?
6 min - The Ultimate Buzz is speaking about feeling God’s love for others and seeing Him work through you
- One Thing Bible Study Chapter 14 - Confident Expectation - Expecting & Receiving From God
Summary
A revelation of God’s character and nature will give us hope. But this hope is not like the world’s definition of hope. This is a confident expectation. This chapter talks about the confident expectation you can and should have in your life with God. This will give you a barometer of your thought life and revelation of God’s goodness. I talk about some things you should be expecting from God, how to combat any negative expectations and how to position yourself to continue to receive from God. It’s not just a one time event, but a continual receiving from God that you can experience.
Outline - Confident Expectation - Expecting & Receiving From God
- Hope = confident expectation. Biblical hope is a confident expectation that what you have always desired to be true in your life, already is true. It’s not begging and wishing. It’s a certainty of the glory (view and opinion) of God being revealed in those that believe in the return of Jesus.
- Hope deferred leads to unrelenting disappointment
- Lottery ticket example - the hope you have between the time you win and actually cash in your winning lottery ticket is the kind of hope we have in Christ. A confident expectation.
- The thing that is really cool about Biblical hope is that not only can you have a confident expectation of the life you will have with God, but you can also have a confident expectation that God is the one who will bring it forth for you.
- A righteous person (one who believes in God) expects blessing and understands the blessings are theirs. They have what you could call Godfidence that God is well pleased with them and that He is well able to provide for them all they need in abundance.
- Receiving - open hand vs. clenched fist
- Put yourself in a position to receive by sitting at His feet and listening to good message
- For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11
Scriptures
- Proverbs 13:12
- Nehemiah 8:10
- 2 Peter 1: 2-4
- Colossians 3:16 NIV
- Jer. 29:11
Questions
- Are you currently expecting anything from God? How does this speak to your relationship with God? Share with the group
- When we’re not expecting or receiving from God, why do you think that is? What can we do to counteract this?
- How does knowing God and His thoughts about you affect your life? Share your experiences
- How would you define “the good life”? How has that definition changed over time?
- What does the Message version of the Bible describe what happens when our hope is deferred? What does that look like to you? Have you ever experienced this in your life?
- What is the Biblical definition of hope? How does this differ from the world’s definition?
- Who is the one who will bring forth life in you? How so?
- How is the example of getting a winning lottery ticket similar to the hope we have as Christians?
- What is Godfidence? Would you say you have it? Why or why not?
- How can you position yourself to receive from God?
9 min - Hope = confident expectation. Biblical hope is a confident expectation that what you have always desired to be true in your life, already is true. It’s not begging and wishing. It’s a certainty of the glory (view and opinion) of God being revealed in those that believe in the return of Jesus.
- One Thing About God Bible Study Chapter 13 - The Sweet Fruit of Patience
Chapter 13 - The Sweet Fruit of Patience
Summary
Patience is very underrated but key to living the Christian life. Patience will allow you to enjoy your life and give you freedom from the cares of the world. It comes from hearing the right message and continuing in it. We need to understand how patience works to live the Christian life going forward.
Ch. 13 - The Sweet Fruit of Patience
- Patience is important. One of the fruits of the spirit. Don’t hear much about it because people don’t want to hear about it.
- It’s not about denying that certain things are going on, it’s just your cares will not be on the things of the world. There is no better way to wait for something then to not even be aware that you are waiting for it.
- Detention in school example - focusing on the clock just made it seem so much longer. Need to be able to get your mind off of what you want and rest in what you have.
- Babies on a schedule example - they develop patience because they know even thought they may be hungry, their parents will be feeding them soon. Otherwise they’d throw tantrums every time their hungry.
- Me watching Michael Jordan growing up - in awe of him because he was so great at what he did. God is great at what He does and what He does is bring life. If you can rest in Him long enough you can get to a place where you’ll be in awe of Him and His doing.
- The biggest factor to you having patience is only hearing a message of God and his grace. If you’re hearing a mixed message you’ll be tempted with the cares of the world and be running around like Martha. Relax! God’s got this.
Scriptures
- John 10:10
- Galatians 5:22
- Luke 10:38-42
Questions
- What does patience allow you to do?
- How does the example of babies being on a schedule show us about the heart of God for us and help us develop patience?
- Think about somebody you know who is really good at what they do. How does that compare to how good God is at what He does? How does this help us develop patience?
- Have you ever experienced being mesmerized by something that God did in your life? Meditate on that and share with your group.
- What is the biggest factor to you having patience?
- What are some things that lead to you being impatient?
- How important do you think patience is in your life?
- What does a life without patience look like to you? Can you see how one with patience is superior? How so?
- How does the scripture John 10:10 encourage you and give you patience?
- What are some practical things you can do to have more patience in your life?
6 min - Patience is important. One of the fruits of the spirit. Don’t hear much about it because people don’t want to hear about it.
- One Thing About God Bible Study - Chapter 12 - Guarding Your Heart
Chapter 12 - Guarding Your Heart
Summary
When you are exposed to the truth about God, the devil will come in to try to steal it away from you. This is why it’s important to know how to guard your heart. Guarding your heart is not about doing anything, it’s about believing something. A temptation we all face is to be led astray from solid doctrine based on what you see in the world. That is walking by sight not by faith. Knowing how this dynamic will work in your life going forward is important to being able to stay in the truth about God.
Ch. 12 Outline - Guarding Your Heart
- Want to be able to guard our hearts once we have learned the Good News. We do that by continuing to believe in what we’ve learned
- Prov. 3:5-6 - 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart - boils down to doctrine. Biggest stumbling blocks are ignorance or apathy.
- Lean not unto your own understanding - don’t walk by sight and what you see in the world impact what you believe.
- He shall direct your paths - He will make your paths straight. Just stay the course and don’t put the burden on yourself.
- The work of God as defined in John 6 - to believe
- The good works James talks about is continuing to believe
- That’s how we do the work of God. That’s how we guard our hearts
Scriptures
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- John 6:29-30
- James 2;20-23
Questions
- How do we guard our hearts?
- What do you think are the benefits of guarding our hearts?
- What are the 3 main parts of the scriptures in Proverbs 3:5-6?
- What is the key word in verse 6? Why?
- What are the biggest stumbling blocks to trust in God with all your heart?
- What is the work of God as defined in John 6:29-30? How does that differ from what you may have previously believed it to be?
- How did Abraham do the work of God described in James 2?
- What are some things you can do in your life to do the work of God?
- How is guarding our heart and doing the work of God correlated?
- What are some practical things you can do to guard your heart and do the work of God?
6 min - Want to be able to guard our hearts once we have learned the Good News. We do that by continuing to believe in what we’ve learned
- One Thing About God Bible Study Chapter 11 - God's Character = Contentment
Chapter 11 - God’s Character = Contentment
Summary
Learning of God’s character will lead you to a place of contentment. We need to know that being content is not selfish or lazy. We also need to be able to recognize that the enemy will try to bring us out of this place of contentment. If we are aware of his tactics and rooted in God’s love it will go a long way towards us being able to enjoy where we are while God gets us where we are going.
Scriptures
- Ephesians 1
- Matt. 11:28-30
- 1 John 5:18
- 1 Tim. 6:6-10
- John 6:35
Questions
- What is the hunger system as defined by Bertie Brits?
- Is being content selfish and lazy? Why is being content such a big deal?
- Is contentment something you can fake or make an intellectual decision about?
- How does contentment come?
- How does the parent child relationship give us a picture of how God cares for us and how we already are like God and who we are supposed to be?
- What is evil as defined in the Bible by the word poneros?
- What is the root of all evil?
- What is the blessing of God?
- How do we feed on Jesus, the bread of life?
- What does the word agapoo mean? How does it show us the correlation between God’s love for us and rest?
10 min - Ephesians 1
- One Thing About God Bible Study Chapter 10
Chapter 10 - God’s Love - Why God Loves You
Summary
God doesn’t just want you to have head knowledge that He loves you. He wants you to experience His love. A major stumbling block to you experiencing His love is a misunderstanding of why God loves you. There is a reason why God loves you and it’s not because He is obligated to. When you can understand why God loves you and His purpose for creating mankind, you will be able to experience His love for you much easier.
Outline
- Why God loves you matters because it will help you experience the love of God
- Seinfeld example - he didn’t do it for the girl he was dating? What happens when somebody does do it for another though?
- This revelation really helped me in my walk with God because I always thought God only loved me because of what I could do for Him. I never thought about it much but that type of thinking didn’t lend itself to a real close relationship. I always felt like a servant. I heard about how I was a child of God, but could never seem to feel like I was and just assumed it was because something was wrong with me.
- There is a reason God loves you and it has nothing to do with what you can do for Him. It’s also not because He is obligated to.
- False belief - God doesn’t love you because you’re lovable, He loves you because He is love.
- Husband -wife example - Imagine if you told your spouse it doesn’t matter if you feel my love
- God is infatuated with you like cat’s do around catnip. Everything else faded to black. You just do it for Him. That’s why God loves you.
Scriptures
- Psalm 8
- Genesis 1
- Proverbs 4:23
Questions
- We tend to impersonalize the love of God. Is that something you’ve found yourself doing? Why do you think that is?
- What are the definitions of love?
- How do the definitions of love change the way you think about God’s love?
- What is your favorite scripture in God’s love letter and why?
- Is God obligated to love you?
- What have been some stumbling blocks to you receiving and experiencing God’s love?
- Why do you think it is that God loves you?
- Think about how you would feel if you had the best day of your life, but didn’t have anybody to share it with. Discuss how this relates to God creating mankind.
- What are some things you think the enemy does to keep you from experiencing God’s love?
- What are some practical things you can do to help you experience God’s love?
7 min - Why God loves you matters because it will help you experience the love of God
- One Thing About God Bible Study Chapter 9
Chapter 9 - God’s Perfect Will For Your Life
Summary
The question of what does God want me to do will inevitably come up in your walk with Him. If you are misguided in this area it can lead to much confusion and frustration. The perfect will of God has nothing to do with what you end up doing or not doing. The perfect will of God is simply that the quality of life that He has would manifest in your life. Don’t try to do everything right, we can’t do everything right and that’s not what God has called us to do. God’s plan is that we would be born of Him and that His life would be in us.
Ch. 9 Outline - God’s Perfect Will For Your Life
- The question of what does God want me to do will inevitably come up in your walk with Him.
- Romans 12:2 - Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
- The perfect will of God has nothing to do with what you end up doing or not doing. The perfect will of God is simply that the quality of life that He has would manifest in your life.
- God does not want us condemned to a life of trying to do right and not doing wrong through our will power. God’s plan is that we would be born of Him and that His life would be in us.
- God’s good pleasure to give you a good hand to do with what you please, not feel enormous pressure to play it exactly right
- Stop defining yourself by what you have and what you do. You’ll find yourself in the perfect of will of God effortlessly by doing this.
Scriptures
- Romans 12:2
- John 10:10
Questions
- What is God’s perfect will for your life?
- What hinders us from being free? How can we combat this?
- What is the only thing God has called us to do?
- Can you think of a time when you tried to do everything right? What drove you to do that? How did you get set free from it?
- How does the wisdom of the world define you?
- How does God define you?
- Think about a time when you felt pressure to perform. How did it affect your life?
- How does your belief about God’s perfect will for your life affect your relationship with Him and others?
- What does the renewing of the mind look like to you?
- How can we make this mind renewal practical in our lives?
6 min - The question of what does God want me to do will inevitably come up in your walk with Him.
- One Thing About God Bible Study Chapter 8
Summary
This blog series talks about why trust is so vital, what God has done for you, will do for you and more. When trust in God is not in our hearts the channel through which God can influence our lives is blocked. If we don’t trust in God, He can’t be our God no matter how bad He wants to be. It’s not because He doesn’t want to, but because we can’t receive from Him anymore. So, for God to have access to your life, He needs you to trust Him. This is why God runs His “campaign” for you so to speak.
Ch. 8 Outline - God’s Campaign For You
- This blog series was about trust. Specifically how God brings forth trust in Him.
- Parallels to presidential campaign - candidate has to bring forth trust - same with God. He knows the burden is on Him.
- Why trust is so vital - it’s the channel through which God can influence our lives. If he doesn’t get our trust, He won’t be able to persuade us to live life with Him
- Trust is earned. Faith comes from hearing the Word, not just any word though. It has to be the rightly divided word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15). It’s just like if I tell somebody their child was hit by a car. They don’t have to try to feel fear, it just happens. See the power of the words you hear? Faith just happens when you hear the right message.
- God’s Motives Behind His Pursuit - It’s not to get you to do something for Him. Not so that He can use you. He wants to serve you (example of Peter in John 13). You take his breath away. You just do it for Him. When He envisions His “best life” He can’t envision it without you. You complete Him.
- John 21 - shows us the heart of God. He just wants to fellowship with us.
- God’s Track Record - What God did for Paul, prophecies fulfilled, etc.
Scriptures
- Romans 6:23
- Genesis 3:1
- 2 Tim. 2:15
- John 15:15
- Romans 6:4
- Luke 12:7
- Psalm 139:17-18
Questions
- Why is trust so important in relationships?
- How does trust work? How would you describe how trust works in your relationship with God?
- How does Arthur Meinjtes describe a friend? Would you say that is consistent with how you know God? How so or not?
- What is your favorite name for God and why?
- Does God want us to serve Him or does He want to serve us? How does the story of Peter in John 13 show this to us?
- What does John 21 show us about the heart of God?
- What does the Prodigal Son story show us about the heart of God and His pursuit of us?
- How does what God did in Paul’s life show us His heart?
- How many Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus? Which one do you think is the most amazing?
- What is your favorite scripture about what God will do for you?
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