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5b) What does it mean to seek God’s kingdom?
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Food for thought.
Rather than being occupied with material things, our ambition should be
to seek first God’s kingdom, and righteousness, knowing that as we do
so, he has pledged himself with covenant faithfulness to respond-all
these things shall be added unto you. he has pledged covenant faithful-
ness to respond-all these things shall be added unto you.
Kingdom dynamics.
Matthew 6:33 seek God’s kingdom first; PATHWAY OF MIRACLES.
Putting God’s kingdom first step the pathway to God’s miracles and you
cannot walk on this pathway unless determining his will, purpose and
glory is your first priority as you pursue his call in your life. To do so, turn
first to his word, which is the atmosphere in which you may understand
his will, recognize his way, and hear the voice of the spirit. (Psalms
119:18); watch for the little things, the little signs along the way, not in
the great wind, earth quake, or fire, but in the “still small voice” (1kings
19:11-13) often it is the small seemingly insignificant things or events
that ultimately determine our destiny.
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Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too
sleepy to worry at night.-- Unknown
Don't worry about what's ahead. Just go as far as you can go - from there
you can see farther.—Unknown
© 2009 All Rights Reserved - Bible Study Share Group - Bugolobi - Issue 11
BIBLE STUDY SHARE GROUP - BSSG - 7th AUG 2009
TOPIC: WORRY
Most worries are future- based. They revolve around things that I most
cases, will never happen. Concentrate on the present and the future will take
care of itself.— Paul Wilson
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossi-
ble to live in the past.— Jim bishop.
Paul Wilson and Jim bishop, encourage us to recognize that life is nothing
but a series of moments “the past just a minute ago, the future just a sec-
ond way,’ if we do, we, we will not mourn for lost days, months, hours. we
will worry less about controlling our future.
The word worry in Hebrew is merimnao, derived from merizo to mean; to
divide into parts. It suggests a distraction, a preoccupation with things caus-
ing stress, pressure, anxiety. Jesus speaks against worry because of the
watchful care of the heavenly father who is ever mindful of our needs.
How can we overcome worry? Why shouldn’t we worry? Do we benefit from
worry or not?.........lets jump into the bible study and find out.
Day 1
1a) What does worry mean to you?
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1b) Have you ever been worried before? If yes, identify one particular inci-
dent that caused you to worry! How did you overcome it?
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Day 2
2a) List the things which Jesus says we worry about. (read Mathew 6:25-27)
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2b) Apart from those listed above in 2a) list the worries you face today.
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2c) How does Jesus encourage us concerning the above.(Matthew 6:25-27,
read also Philippians 4:6, Psalms 55:22, 1Peter 5:6-7)
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Day 3.
3. How does Jesus Christ illustrate the worthlessness of worry in the follow-
ing verses (from Matthew 6)
i) Verse 25 _________________________________________________ __
ii) Verse 26 ____________________________________________________
iii) Verse 27 __________________________________________________
iv) Verse 30 __________________________________________________
v) Verse 31,32 ________________________________________________
Day 4
4. The bible is filled with many that are worried, many of us share these
experiences, we relate with mighty men of God and individuals, a good
examples Elijah and a widow (IKings17:8-15) This widow was nearly with-
out foodstuffs. Elijah asked her to give him her last food, if she did, God
would give her an unfailing provision, this woman overcame her worry,
responded in faith and God was faithful to his promise..
4a) When Elijah instructed the widow to give him the last of her food,
what worried her?
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4b) Evidence showed that the widow was poor and has the last of her food,
but she had to heed to God’s instruction, could you share an experience in
your life that relates to hers.?
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4c) What do we learn from her experience?
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Day 5
5. Mat 6:33 “...But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you….”
5a) Why should we seek God’s kingdom?
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