Life Group Discussion Guide :: Sunday, March 24, 2013 (JXG)
Sandy Lake Wesleyan :: Pastor Shawn
King Me | Solomon (Week 3)
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 2 | David):
“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 of 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 can 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.
This Week: (invite your members to live-sent.blogspot.com for “10 Heart Questions)
Read Genesis 49:10-11 | What jumps out to you as you read this passage in light of Palm Sunday and our observance of Holy Week? Why is it significant that this hope was prophesied long before Moses, much less the other promises of Messiah?
“The impact of our life is not governed by abilities but the condition of our heart and location of the crown.”
:: In what ways is this statement full of hope?
:: How does this serve as a warning?
:: How have you seen this in the people who have gad the greatest impact in your own life?
Read 1 Kings 3:1-3
:: What is significant about the ‘except’ in this passage?
:: How does this line up with what’s in 1 Kings 2:1-4? What kind of tension might this have brought in Solomon’s life?
Read 1 Kings 9:4-5
:: This is the third direct communication Solomon had regarding the need for an obedient heart. Why is this significant in the life of Solomon (cf. 1 Kings 11:12-13)?
:: Only 8 of the following kings in either Israel or Judah had a heart for God--why is this important to know? How does this put perspective on the decisions we make each day as far as our own obedience and heart for God?
“In Christ, we have freedom and can choose--any time we sin, it’s a choice.” How did this statement resonate with you? What are ways we can be vulnerable to making a choice that moves us away from the things of God? How can we be positioned to consistently choose the way of Jesus? (cf. Psalm 111:10a and Psalm 119:11)
We were asked,
“How is your heart--the center of your will?”
Read Proverbs 4:23.
:: Why is it significant that Solomon wrote this passage?
:: How can we discern ‘how our heart’ is doing?
Matthew 6:19-21, 24 | What is one of the ways we can determine how our heart is doing shown here? What does this show us about a divided heart?
We were asked, “What are you indulging in your life that will keep you from having a heart for God?”
(Why not take time as a Group right now to ask the Holy Spirit to search and show you individually the condition of your heart? Share what He shows you with someone you trust in order to journey with them as God calls you to living with an undivided heart.)
What does it look like to “reposition the Crown & make Jesus King,” or to reaffirm Jesus as King? | to Remain in the Know-Love-Trust-Obey cycle?
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