Letting Go episode one

Chronicles of Worship, part VII

“Letting go, episode one”

OPENING QUESTIONS:

1. Share your most embarrassing moment.  Why was it embarrassing?

    

GOING DEEPER:

1. READ I Chronicles 15.  (You might want to encourage them to skip the names, there are a lot of them mentioned in this chapter!)

    

2. We know from I Chronicles 13, that this is actually David’s second attempt to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem .  What important lessons did they learn from the first time?

    

3. Why do you think Chronicles goes into such painstaking detail to include the names of these singers and musicians?

    

4. As the Ark is being moved into Jerusalem , what is the response of the people?  Of David?  Of Michal?

    

5. Do you think that David’s dancing and behavior minimized the office of king or does it elevate the office of king?  How so?

    

6. What important lesson does this teach us about worshipping God?

    

GETTING PERSONAL:

1. When you worship, do you feel self-conscious?  Why or why not?

    

2. What are some things you could do to overcome your self-consciousness in worship?

    

PRAYER and WORSHIP

1. Pray that God ‘loosens’ us up in our worship of Him. 

    

2. Pray for a renewed love for Jesus. 

    

3. Pray for friends who do not yet know Jesus.