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Sandy Lake Wesleyan :: Pastor Shawn
King Me | David (Week 2)
Remember, this Guide is not intended as an exhaustive list of what can be discussed, but is best used as a guide to help your Group process what God is teaching them. Read through the discussion points below and
prayerfully consider what the Holy Spirit would have you work through.
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Be sure to pray for, encourage each other,
and share the victories God is giving your Group.
From Last Week (King Me, wk 1 | Saul):
Read 1 Samuel 8:4-7
How were the people rejecting God as King?
What reason do the people give for wanting a king?
How can we do the same thing?
Do you think in searching for our own kings, we can reject God, too? How can we avoid that?
Read 1 Samuel 10:1
How do we see God allowing a leader but retaining Kingship for Himself?
Why is this significant?
Read 1 Samuel 11:12-15
Samuel recognizes and affirms a kingship--who’s is it (hint, it isn’t Saul’s)?
Why is it significant that the people confirm Saul ‘as king in the presence of the LORD.’
Read 1 Samuel 12:16-19
What sticks out to you as part of this rebuke from Samuel?
How was ‘asking for a king’ an evil thing?
How do we see God’s desire for us to choose him in this and other passages?
Why is this a sign of God’s sovereignty and love?
How does this change the way we understand the people’s rejection of God as King?
“Israel ultimately kinged themselves...taking authority which should have been God’s alone and assuming it as their own.”
We do the same thing of making what God is doing more about ourselves than God. How can we maintain a focus on who God is, what he is doing, and what he desires?
How do we do this when it not only means possibly missing out on
personal benefit but can be tremendously costly?
“If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that’s your real king.” ~ Tim Keller
How did this resonate with you? What part of this did you resist--how is that resistance evidence of yearning for more than Jesus? What have you ‘added to the happiness equation’ in your life?
This Week:
Read Romans 7:15 & 19
Have you ever experienced this struggle? How did you navigate a time(s) like the conversation Paul shares here? What is the hope found within the context of this passage?
Read 1 Samuel 17:32-37
What is significant to you in this passage?
What is the significance of David’s insistence that God, not David, will fight the battle before him.
“In everything He did, David had great success because God was with him.”
What does this have to do with the matter of submission to God’s authority in our lives?
How do we remain in a position of living under God’s favor rather than pursuing our own authority/glory/leadership?
Read 2 Samuel 5:1-5
The ‘gap’ between David’s anointing as king and stepping into that role is significant (twenty years-ish). What does this speak to you about waiting for God’s promise? What else seems significant to you in this passage--what is God calling you to do with that insight/observation?
Read 2 Samuel 11:1-3
How do we see that David ‘neglected his duty?’
What are ways we can be found not doing our duty (the things God asks/leads us to do)? (See below for further discussion on the cycle seen in this passage.)
Read John 14:21
What is evidence of our love for God? What happens when we love God?
Pastor Shawn unpacked the cycle of love-trust-obey-know seen in John 14:21 and how we can compromise in any of these. We discussed the following three factors:, and discussed the three factors that line up to create a day ripe with opportunity to fall--we called them a DOT day:
Desire (shifting love for desire) | We can determine love or desire by asking, “Who does this say I love”
Opportunity (creating an opportunity to fulfill our desire) | We can determine trust or desire by asking, “Who’s agenda am I following?”
Time (making/dedicating time to fulfill our desire) | We cand determine obedience or dedicating time by asking, “Who’s authority am I under?”
“We reveal our true king by what we do today.” What does this mean? What is God revealing to you about kingship in your life? What does it look like to position Him as King through what you do today?
We were asked, “What is one thing you can do this week to avoid a DOT day?” Answer this question with your Group--take time to pray for each other and hold one another accountable to what is identified.
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