Student’s Copy 2) To know who ___ really is, in all His majesty.
– Faithful, Good,
JRM Family Camp 2018
Theme: The Year of God’s Positioning
Small Group Lesson 1
Title: God’s Positioning System
Text: You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand
firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and
the LORD will be with you. 2 Chronicles 20:17
Think: (1) What kind of battle are you facing today? Is it financial
battle, spiritual battle, relationship battle, or physical battle? What
God is telling, and teaching you about it?
(2) In the midst of a problem where is your focus? On the problem?
On the Lord? On yourself? What are some good ways to fix your
eyes on the Lord?
I. The word “position” in 2 Chronicles 20:17
It means to stand still, and to station yourself. It is a Divine military
command – a warfare order to stand still.
Words & Ideas associated to the term: “Position”
*_____ yourself, ____ _________, station yourself, plant, status,
task, function, calling, appointment, placement, engagement,
administer, deliver, wait, fix, encounter. The word “Positioning” is
more of a modern term. It is a geographic term.
II. What are your best Position in facing your invincible enemy?
1. Position yourself in humility by merely __________, and relying in
the Promises of God. Watch God’s work. (2 Chro. 20:3-9)
2. Position yourself to _________ the enemy. God will fight your
battle. (2 Chro. 20:16)
3. Position yourself in God’s abiding __________. (2 Chro. 20:17d)
4. Position yourself to _________ God in spite of your
circumstances, and through your circumstances. (2 Chro. 20:21-23)
III. The Year of Positioning
Three purposes of Positioning:
1) To know _____ _____really are in Him. – The Object of His
Sovereignty (Col. 1:27)
and Merciful
3) To know our real ________. – Positioned in Christ, Planted in
His Kingdom
IV. JRM –Positioned by God as His Army
The enemy may contend our faith in different forms, but God has
positioned us to win the battle.
JRM –Positioned by God as His Planting
a.) How do you get God to position you in His venture of
planting?
Humility and ____________. 2Chro. 7:14, 19:4-11
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b.) How will you know where God has planted you?
______ God as revealed in His Word. Ezekiel 19:13-14
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c.) How God positions in His own Choice?
In His __________ Presence. 1 Samuel 9:1-6
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
The kind of God’s repositioning could be _________, ___________,
__________, _________ (relational), and __________ (career wise).
V. How to respond to God’s System of Positioning?
1. Stay at the RIGHT ______, ____, and _______. (see Jer. 16:1,2)
“Your personal responsibility is to establish your sacred enclosure,
hence, to be responsible in your daily walk with God.” - BVAJ
2. Live a life of obedience. – Gen. 12:4, Deut. 6:24, Isa. 1:19, Ps. 1
3. Position yourself for ___________. 2 Samuel 7:10
VI. Group Discussion: (Share your thoughts)
1. Can you share a “battle” God has won for you?
2. Agree or disagree? The enemy will challenge your position in
Christ to abort and discredit the intended purpose of God in
your life?
3. Are all Christians need to be positioned by God? Why?
 4. What “kingdom values” we need to enhance for us to be
thriving and productive in God’s kingdom?
Small Group Lesson 2: God’s Unstoppable Goodness
Text: “ I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never
stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that
they will never turn away from me.” – (Jeremiah 32:40)
I.Think: Do you ever grow impatient with those who are out for
themselves and often do so well, while those who want to please
God suffer? (see Jer. 12:1-2) Do you sometimes feel God is unfair?
-Commit your frustrations to the Lord.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor
Roosevelt
Are you desperate today in some area of your life? Do you have
questions where there are no answers but God?
“I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled” -Jeremiah 1:12
I. What Blocks God’s Goodness in Our Lives?
1)__________
-“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”
Jeremiah 32:27
2) __________ Fear
-There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has
to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. –1
John 4:18
3) ________
-Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant… (Jer. 13:15)
4) Greed, Immorality, & ___________ (Jer. 13:25-27)
II.
If God is good why evil things happen to good
people?
…………………………………………………………………………..
III. How to Position yourself in God’s Goodness
a. Maximize every _____________
Do not take every God-given opportunity for granted. Capitalize the
moment, exploit, assume, produce, and deliver until your capacity
and potential is being maximize to the fullest. (Eccle. 9:10)
“It is not just a matter of your gift, talent, intelligence, and
preparations, but your time of opportunity.” – Dr. Billy Graham.
b. Face your __________
Do not retreat. Attact the enemy in its strategic position. God will fight
for you if you fight His cause. Adversity has Advantages. You can
walk at your war zone with your head still held high. (2 Chro. 20:17,
Ps. 35:1, 2 Tim. 4:7)
c. Don’t Quit ___________
If you know your position in God you will align your life according to
His purpose, and plans. Fulfilling the vision and dreams of God
would be unnegotiable to you if you believe He has appointed you to
realize it. So keep on discovering, learning, and innovating. (Isa.
32:8)
V. Group Discussion
1. If God is Sovereign in good times and bad times; do you
agree that His punishment over Israel is a deterrent move of
God? Why?
2. What are the common misconceptions regarding the
goodness of God? And what would be your biblical
explanation to straighten it?
3. Try to imagine, can you describe the face (feeling) of a loving
God rejoicing over our blessing and fortune? When was the
last moment you are most satisfied for being right with God?
4. How to remain in the “goodness zone” of God?
Small Group Lesson 3: God’s Strategic Appointment
Text: …and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart
and soul. (Jer. 32:41b)
“I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jer.1:5b)
The name Jeremiah means God _______, or God ________, or
God ___________.
I. Comment on this: Israel’s Mission
God called Israel to be His people for the sake of His world. Israel
was a particular people, called into a particular relationship (the
covenant), for the sake of the whole world (all nations).
Think: What changes have taken place in your community about
which you feel partly guilty, partly powerless? Why do we lack
courageous prophetic interpretations of contemporary events today?
1. God’s ___________ Appointment
What was the original mandate of God to man?
……………………………………………………………………………..
2. God’s _____________ Appointment
What was the calling of God for Israel?
1.) Light for the ___________ – Isa. 49:6b
“I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may
reach to the ends of the earth.”
2.) Treasured ____________ – Exo. 19:5
“…then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession”
3.) A holy ______ – Exo. 19:6 …”and a holy nation”
4.) Kingdom of ________ – Exo. 19:6
“Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of
priests”
3. God’s _____________ Appointment
What is the highest calling of God for sinners?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. God’s ____________ Appointment
What is the Great Commission of Jesus to the end-time Church?
Matthew 28:18-20
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
“Our highest position in earth is to become a child of God, and our
highest achievement is to become a servant of God.” - BVAJ
II. Reasons for not Fulfilling God’s Appointment:
1.__________ to recognize life’s Purpose–no sense of purpose,
destiny, and meaning.
2._________ – Indifferent, lack of concern, satisfied, mediocre, lazy.
3.________ _________ – ignorance of Truth, no fresh revelation of
God & His cause.
4. _________ ____________ not heaven bound - humanism,
materialism, pluralism.
5.Lack of ___________ – without passion, not Spirit-filled,
powerless, lifeless.
6. ________ to Jesus Christ’ Great Commission - lack of compassion
Appointed with every Spiritual blessing
We have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in heavenly
places in Christ (Ephe. 1:3). The indwelling power of the Holy Spirit
will move us to do greater things and supernatural exploits to
advance the kingdom of God, and to harvest more souls. The
goodness of God will cause us to be relevant in our society and a
blessing to next generation.
Group discussion:
1. What do you learn from the life and message of Jeremiah?
Do you think serving the Lord was a pleasant task for
Jeremiah? Would you have liked his job?
2. Is it possible that God’s good purpose for you be aborted, or
forfeited? If yes, give some example in the bible.
3. If in the time of Jeremiah he depicted the death of the coming
of the Messiah; in your time what would be your best action or
position would you commit after the resurrection of Jesus?