What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?

Kingdom Realities

Facilitator Instructions: The words in italic are possible answers you are looking for as you lead the discussion. Give a number of people time to answer the questions before you try to answer the question. Also, always have group members look up the Scriptures in their Bibles while one group member reads.

As you lead the discussion, be open to the Holy Spirit and what He is doing during the meeting. You may never get beyond one or two questions if they are provoking a great discussion. It may also be that someone in the group needs important ministry because of what the discussion opened in their heart. Take the time to allow the Holy Spirit to minister the person through your group members.

Ice Breaker: What comes to mind first when you hear the word "reality"? Why?

Bible Study Discussion: Kingdom Realities.

Facilitator: Share the following statement with your group and then ask them the question below. Share the answer below and the Scripture reference after they have defined the kingdom in their own words.

When we are born again we are translated into the kingdom of God. As a result, our lives are now being governed by a whole new set of realities. These are kingdom realities that now begin to shape the person God has ordained us to be. In the past our lives were shaped by the world, Satan and his domain.

Do our lives reflect these new realities or are we still stuck in your past? As we begin to adhere to the new realities of the kingdom, our lives should begin to change right before your eyes.

How would you define the kingdom of God?

The kingdom of God is God's rule and authority over any domain, sphere, or influence. It is not only His rule over a future kingdom, but includes His rule in all of history as well as the present time we are living in.

Luke 17:20-21 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; "nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."

What do you think it means to have a kingdom perspective?

Paul's Prayer Concerning Our Perspective:

Ephesians 1:15-19 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18the eyes of your understanding being

enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of