TODAY:

After God’s Own Heart – Part 3: The Wisdom of Patient Humility

BIG IDEA:

God’s sovereignty gives us confidence and rest

SCRIPTURES:

1 Samuel 24, Psalm 57

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Q: Have you ever experienced a time where your life didn’t go as you thought

it would or should? How did you handle it?

Q: What effect did it have on you & those around you? What effect did it have

on your perception of or relationship with God?

Q: How do the Scriptures/concepts from this week help you grow as a disciple

who loves God, loves people & serves the world (lives on incarnational

mission) in everyday life?

Q: Based on these Scriptures, how can you move from unbelief to belief, from

just knowing to actually doing in your life?

Connect with God (UP)...

Q: Read 1 Samuel 24 & Psalm 57. How can you see David’s heart for God in this

story & the song he wrote from this experience?

Connect with Others (IN)...

Q: What correlation can we draw between David’s trust in God & overcoming

the temptation to take things into his own hands & settle them the way he

(or those around him) wanted to?

Q: Look at examples of Jonathan & David’s friendship in 1 Samuel 18-23.

Jonathan should have hated David because he appeared to be the rightful

heir to the throne, not David. How does Jonathan live out the truth that

God’s sovereignty gives us confidence & rest?

Connect with the World (OUT)...

Q: How can we live out the wisdom of patient humility (confidence & rest) in

the world around us in a way that reflects the goodness of God?