Sermon

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR SHEPHERD GROUPS

1. What was one thing you found particularly interesting, insightful, helpful or difficult to understand from this Sunday?
2. What are your favorite ways to worship the Lord?
3. Read and discuss Philippians 4:4-9. What do these verses tell us about us? What do these verses tell us about God? What do they tell us about peace? About anxiety? About worship?
4. What is peace? What brings you peace and peacefulness? How do we tend to equate understanding with peace?
5. “The essence of anxiety, fear or worry is that we do not trust that God will take care of us.” Have you found this to be true? Why?
6. What makes you anxious? How does anxiety keep us from worship? How does thankfulness combat anxiety?
7. How does the worship of God lead to the peace of God? Do you have any examples of this from your life?
8. How does God “match our stride” in the gospel? How does the gospel of Jesus show us that “the Lord is at hand”? Why does this matter?
9. Why is it reasonable to reach out to the God who is near?
10. Identify a specific point of anxiety that you are dealing with. Use Philippians 4:8 as a guide and spend some time in thankful prayer to God. Ask Him to lead your heart away from anxiety and toward peace as you worship Him through thankful prayer.