O Worship The King Series, Pt. II

This guide is a tool to help you facilitate discussion with your rGroup. Use it to lead your group in discovering, owning, and applying God’s Word. This is a flexible tool, not a rigid task list. Follow the Holy Spirit’s lead as you lead your group. You don’t need to ask every question.

  Understanding God’s Word: Know and Understand the Truth

READ Matthew 2:1-12

• How would you define worship to someone outside of the church? Would you define it any differently from last week? 
• Why would the coming of the King of the Jews be such an important event for the people of Israel? 
• What does this story reveal about God, that He brought foreign and pagan wise men to worship His Son when the other king and religious leaders failed to seek or know Him?
• What does this story reveal about people's hearts, that even though God was present among them they failed to seek him or know Him? 

  Living and Applying God’s Word: Give a Vision of Life With God

• What is joy and how do we get it? Can you point to any expressions of it in your own life? 
• What would our church look like if everyone came to our Sunday gatherings or rGroups expectantly ready to encounter and worship Jesus? 
• What can it look like for God's people to worship by offering their gifts to Him and others, rather than just receiving?

 Assessing the Heart: Identify and Address Sin

• What about God or His church were you fired up about, but have seen yourself become complacent or apathetic about? 
• Is there ever a reason you gather with the church on Sunday's or with your rGroup other than an expectation of encountering Christ? If so, what reasons? How often?
• What do we communicate to God when we come before Him in half-hearted worship?  

      

 Turn to God: Confess and Renew Belief in God

• As Nathan said, when the wise men encountered Jesus, they couldn't help but walk away changed people. How do you know you have truly encountered Christ?
  • (Note: When you encounter Christ, you see life change. All Christians need to encounter Him again and again every day, because we are constantly in need of change. That is why Christians, too, need the gospel, the good news that continually helps us encounter Jesus and continually causes change.) 
• What would it look like for us this week to cultivate a heart of repentance for half-hearted worship, and to prepare for joyful and expectant encounters with Christ? 
• How can we as a community help one other do this? 

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