THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH-GHANA STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES APOSA CAMP MEETING

2014
BIBLE STUDY OUTLINE
THEME: RENEW OUR DAYS LAM 5:21
PREAMBLE
The theme for this years, camp meeting is a call for change. The days we are in are indeed
days and times that call for revival in order to return to the track on which we set out at
first as Gods people. It is time we realize we have missed the road and are either on the
wrong path or are just moving in circles not really making any progress or worst of all are
on a decline and deteriorating when we are supposed to be progressing as individuals, as a
vision or as a church. These studies will help us realize where we are and where we are
supposed to be and then the way of getting back on track to reposition us for our
destination.
Define the following words
1. Renew 2. Our 3. Days
Discuss what you understand by the theme Renew Our Days
STUDY 1
THE PLACE (WHERE ARE WE?)
INTRODUCTION
A well-defined problem is half solved, goes the saying. We are in this first part of our
discussion going to look at our days. Where we are and then do an examination of it in light
of recent happenings to help us realize our situation and begin to look for the way out.
DISCUSSION
How do you see our days under the following headings?
SHS/SSS
Selfishness
Hidden Messaging/Subliminal messaging
Sexual immorality/Hyper Sexualizing
PPP
Pride
Parental control
Perversion
LCD
Laziness
Contempt for the poor
Disorder/Indiscipline
Read Ezekiel 17:49-50 and compare our days to the days of Sodom.
A. Discuss the consequences of such sin with the aid of the scriptures assigned to each of
them
1. Pride. Dan 4:30 - 32, 37; 5:22 28, Prov 6:16 19, II Chron 7:14b,

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3.
4.
B.

Fullness of bread (overfed) Phil 3:17 19, Luk 17:28, 29;

Laziness/Abundance of idleness. Amos 6:3 6, Isa 22:13,14
Contempt for the poor and needy Lev 19:10, Deut 24:14, Jam 2:14 17, Amos 8:4 - 6
Were God to visit OUR DAYS just like he did with Sodom, will he see something
different?
C. Are these sins peculiar to the secular world only or are they are in the church as well?
Read Luke 15:11-32
A. Discuss how the youngest son drifted away from parental control and went so far from
home that;
1. Stubborness took him from Sonship to Sojourner
2. Wantonness took him from being Wealthy to being Wasted
3. Shamelessness took him from Sojourner to Slavery and Servitude
4. Hunger took him from being a human to a hog
B. Does the situation in A above, bear any resemblance to our situation today?
C. Discuss the repentance process he went through after "He came to himself" and what
you understand by the following statements
1. When he came to himself (Rev 2:4, 5)
2. Hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
3. I will arise and go to my father
4. Make me
5. And he arose and came to his father.
D. Examine what awaited him AT HIS THE RETURN (Home Coming?)
1. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion. What kind
of love awaited him?
2. Was he made like a servant or accepted as a son?
3. Why celebrate such a person? Verse 32
CONCLUSION
To some people, they like the situation just the way it is. Such people are not ready
candidates for anything new.
Those who will experience the homecoming benefits are those who will realize the height
from which they have fallen, remember their first love and return to the Lord. The choice is
yours.
STUDY 2
THE PURPOSE (WHY?)
INTRODUCTION

God does nothing without a purpose. We are in this camp meeting for a purpose and not
just for the fun of it. We will waste time and waste our efforts and energy if we dont
understand why we are here and why our days should be renewed. In this study we will
look at the purpose of our lives and also the need for the renewal/revival in order to
understand what we are asking for and cooperate with God in righteousness.
Memory verse: Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. NIV
DISCUSSION
1. Why are you here? Discuss why you are here on earth, here in Ghana and even here in
this camp meeting.
2. Have you ever tried to discover the reason for your life?
3. Were you successful at it?
4. Who has the answers? Parents, friends, teachers, we ourselves or God?
5. Why do we misuse and abuse things? Discuss
6. Are there things in life that are without purpose?
WHY RENEW OUR DAYS?
Read Isaiah 53:6 and Lam 5:21
1. From what we have seen in Study 1, do these scriptures apply to us?
2. How do they apply to our days with respect to the will of God?
3. Compare the purpose of Samson in Judges 13:5 to his life in judges 16:28 - 30
4. In Luke 10:41. What can we see about Gods will and our activity?
5. As the body of Christ, what are we supposed to be doing?
6. Are we carrying out the instructions and intentions of our head?
1Thessalonians 4:1-5
Read 1John 5:14; John 1:3; Genesis 1:1; Rev. 4:11;
1. How long has God been here?
2. Who made all things
3. Who knows the purpose for all creation?
4. Will God do something contrary to his word?
5. What/Who moves God?
CONCLUSION
God has been here before the beginning. He begun the beginning and is all knowing. It is his
purposes that will stand. He does not do anything contrary to His word. As soon as we get
back on track and align with his will, as clearly stated in his word, His power is engaged and
we are set on the path of fulfilling our purpose for being here.

STUDY 3
RENEW OUR DAYS
THE PROCESS (HOW)
Memory Verse: Lam 5:21
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old NIV
DISCUSSION
WHAT does the phrase As of old mean?
1. Does it refer to the outcome/product of revival?
2. Is it asking our days to be renewed to become like the old days?
3. If they are renewed to become like the old, will it still be a renewal? compare new models
of phones, cars and other products
4. Does it refer to the method or process of revival?
5. Will God change his method or process of transformation and revival because our days
are different?
Read Romans 12:1-3
1. What does it mean to conform?
2. From all that you have learnt in this camp meeting, what are some of the molds/partern
the world presents for you to fit into?
3. Compare the transformation in Romans 12:2 to that in 2Cor 11:13-15
4. Which of them is a change from inside, and which is from the outside?
5. Which type are we supposed to go through?
6. How does this help us to know Gods will
LIFE APPLICATION EXERCISES
A. Renewing of the mind
As a group list some of sense knowledge base facts that you have cultivated so far and
discuss corresponding Scripture based truths that are able to counter them
Item
0.

Sense knowledge facts (OLD

VALUES & BELIEFS)
When am walking with someone
and another person passes between
us, he would take our fortune away

Revelation truths from Gods word

(BELIEFS & CONCEPTS OF GOD)
2 Tim 1:12b
I know whom I have believed, and am
convinced that he is able to guard what I
have entrusted to him for that day. NIV

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B. Humility, Prayer
1. What is the role of prayer in the process of renewal? Psalm 51:10-12
2. How does prayer engage the hand of God in our situation? Habakkuk 3:1, 2

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What are the ingredients of a prayer that God answers? 2Chronicles 7:14,
Is that the kind of prayer you pray? James 5:16-18
Lamentations 5:21, 22, 21, is this a prayer we should pray in our days?
Will God really answer such a prayer? Why do you believe so?

C. Will this revival happen without our input? Do we have a part to play?
Read 2 Chronicles 7:14
1. What price are you willing to pay for it to happen?
2. What is the personal testimony of your salvation in Christ Jesus? Share
3. How will your life evangelize/witness to the unsaved more than your talk?
CONCLUSION
It is time for God to get us where we need to be so He can do what He wants to do. We need
therefore as Gods people to get right with him so that His power can move to bring us back
to life
It will come as Gods answer to His peoples desperate plea that we are powerless to revive
ourselves or others. The ingredients of such a prayer are genuine hunger, brokenness and
humility, and the confession of personal sins and the sins of the church and the country.
Remember that the prayer and holiness, that birthed it must and will sustain it.