Title: Your INNER, Determines Your OUTER
Scriptures: Psalm 19:14; Psalm 104:34; Psalm 119:15; Philippians 4:8; James 1:13-15
This lesson deals with the root of where all of our actions, endeavors, and agendas come from. What we focus on, meditate on, and what occupies the most space and time in our thoughts - is WHO and WHAT we BECOME. Many followers of Christ think that simply reading God‘s word and knowing God‘s word is enough, but the strength of knowing and studying the word of God, what makes it become part of us is when we MEDITATE on it. We don’t simply meditate on the word of God, we also meditate on the things of God. In other words, we meditate on those things that are pleasing and right before the Lord. And what we have to realize is that God although God sees all of our actions, yet His focus also is on what is happening in our hearts and in our minds.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
(1) Outside of church, how often is Christ on your mind? Do you actually consider Him in the words you say, and what you do during the week?
(2) Not including school, what would you say takes up the most space in your mind, what do you feel you focus on the most, or think about the most?
(3) When it comes to studying God‘s word, do you read it just to say that you’ve read it, and let it pass from your thoughts, or do you actually take time to think about what it says and how it applies in regards to your life?