Sunday 12 April
Wholehearted Pt 1: Making Plans for God’s Glory
Josh Paul
Josh walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 (King David's plans for building the temple). King David wanted to bring God glory through building the temple and made detailed building plans. When things are important to us, we plan for them. Josh challenges us to consider how we make living for God's glory important to us, and what plans we have made to action the tasks God has laid on our hearts to do for Him.
Life Group questions
Wholehearted Pt 1: Making Plans for God’s Glory
Wholehearted: Excerpts from Chronicles. Part 1.
Read: 1 Chronicles 28
- What do you notice?
- What stands out to you?
- What observations or questions does this passage raise?
Discuss:
Up until this point, the focus of the presence of God had been on the ark of God, which had been kept in the tabernacle that Moses had built, the house of the Lord at Bethel, briefly with the Philistines, a couple of people’s houses, and finally in a tent that David set up in Jerusalem.
- What benefit would having the ark/ the presence of God in a single consistent location have for His people?
- What are the downsides?
- How does this differ from your experience of the presence of God?
After getting the ‘green light’ from God for Solomon to build the temple, David calls together a really diverse group of people to announce the plans for the temple to be built.
- Why wouldn’t David (as king) just let Solomon go ahead and start?
- What are the benefits of getting this group of people on board?
- What are the risks of going public this way?
In the instructions in verse 8-10, variously for all the people and Solomon specifically.
- What actions and attitudes does David ask for?
- Why do both action and attitude matter?
- Are there actions and attitudes that you feel God is asking you to start, stop or refine?
Pray: that we would be able to listen well and respond well to the call of God on our hearts and our time and energy.
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