John 12:1-19 Palm Sunday – Misunderstanding Jesus (Special Services)

1.What are the biggest misunderstandings you’ve had about Jesus?

 

 

 

2.What are the most common misunderstandings people have about Jesus today?

 

 

 

3.Why didn’t Jesus explain Himself more clearly to His followers and enemies?

 

 

 

4.What would you do, knowing what we know now, if you could go back in history on the first Palm Sunday? What would you say to Jesus?

 

 

 

 




1 Samuel 5: No Other Gods (Kingdom Building)

1.What are some of the things in your life that you depended on, but that ultimately let you down?

 

 

 

2.What makes people want to prop up and patch up their gods when they fail?

 

 

 

3.What can you imagine might have happened if the Philistines had thrown out Dagon and humbled themselves before God

 

 

 

4.Have there been things in your life that have failed you but you hung on to for too long anyway?

 

 

 

5.What is the main god of our age? (The one most worshipped by the greatest number of people.)




1 Samuel 4: The Ark & God’s Side (Kingdom Building)

1.How would the Jews justify taking the ark into the battle?

 

 

 

2.Why did God let so many of them get killed? Isn’t that kind of harsh, especially considering all the worse things they had done?

 

 

 

3.Have you ever done something superstitious?

 

 

 

4.Have you ever done something just because it worked before, or worked for someone else?

 

 

 

5.How has God humbled you in the past? What do you do to try to humble yourself?




1 Samuel 3: Samuel’s First Prophecy (Kingdom Building)

1.When did you hear God speak to you most clearly?

 

 

 

2.What do you wish God would speak to you about now?

 

 

 

3.Who do you know who God uses to speak to you most?

 

 

 

4.Have you ever known a child who seemed to hear from God?

 

 

 

5.Have you ever known anyone who, although they didn’t say much, yet what they said was profound?