Immerse: Kingdoms - Stay Strong in Your Faith
God should be the hero of your story.
Name a hero you looked up to when you were growing up.
Share a time when you tried to assert control over a situation and it only made things worse.
Read: 1 Samuel 23:15-18
What person had the most influence on your faith when you younger?
Read: 1 Samuel 21:12-13
David failed to trust God in this situation, and took things into his own hands. In what places of your life do you struggle to trust what God is doing?
Read: 1 Samuel 28:8
Saul rejected what God was doing and that led him to run further into sin. Share a time when you rejected or ran away from what God was doing in your life.
2 Samuel 11-12 contains the story of David and Bathsheba. David forgot what God has done and ignored what He was continuing to do. What do you do to remind yourself of what God has done for you?
Read 1 Samuel 23:15-18 (again!)
Who is the Jonathan in your life?
Whom do you need to be a Jonathan for?
Prayer: Ask God to surround you with people who will encourage your faith.