Hebrews 11:13-16
There’s No Place Like Home (Our Journey of Faith)

  1. What is your greatest memory of home?

 

 

  1. What is your most difficult memory of home?

 

 

  1. What is our future hope as Christians, and how does that change our present?

 

 

  1. What area of your life is the most difficult to trust God in?

 

 

  1. How should your perspective change if you are looking for a “heavenly homeland”?

 

 



2 Samuel 19 (Kingdom Building)

  1. Have there ever been times in your life when you hit a dead end? What did you do to reset?

 

 

  1. How would you describe Joab’s role with David? Why did David fire him?

 

 

  1. How do friends affect your ability to recover after a time of loss and isolation?

 

 

  1. Is it hard for you to put past offenses behind you?

 

 

  1. What role does thanksgiving play in recovery?

 

 



2 Samuel 18 (Kingdom Building)

  1. Who has been the hardest person for you to love, yet you still did?

 

  1. If you could sit David and Absalom down together in a room, before this final battle, what would you tell them?

 

  1. Have you ever felt like you would die for someone yet they didn’t even think you loved them?

 

  1. Describe your perception of David and Absalom, each with three words?

 

  1. Did you ever possibly misunderstand your dad?


Hebrews 11:8-12
The Step of Faith (Our Journey of Faith)

  1. What would be more difficult for you, leaving your family or your country?

 

 

  1. What is one area that you have stepped out in faith in?

 

 

  1. What could God call you to do that would most scare you?

 

 

  1. Share one thing that you can do this week that would require a real step of faith?

 

 



2 Samuel 17 (Kingdom Building)

  1. What is the time in your life when you were most discouraged? Who or what let you down?

 

 

  1. Why do you suppose Ahithophel put his household in order before hanging himself?

 

 

  1. Have you ever had someone close to you take their own life? How did it make you feel?

 

 

  1. Why do you think Ahithophel was so discouraged when Absalom decided to reject his advice?

 

 

  1. Do you think there would have been any way for Ahithophel to patch things up with David?

 

 



2 Samuel 16 (Kingdom Building)

  1. Have you ever been bought by people who gave to you with strings attached?

 

 

  1. Why do people use anger to manipulate and control others?

 

 

  1. Who are the wise people you listen to? Have they ever steered you wrong?

 

 

  1. Why do you think Absalom didn’t bounce Ahithophel’s idea off of Hushai, for a second opinion? What do you think Hushai would’ve said if he had?

 

 



2 Samuel 15 (Kingdom Building)

  1. How would you defend Absalom for what he did?

 

 

  1. How would you defend David for his failures as a father?

 

 

  1. Do you tend to be more of an introvert or an extrovert? How has that made your life challenging?

 

 

  1. Why do you think so many Jews went along with this insurrection?

 

 

  1. What was the hardest part about all this for David?

 

 



Hebrews 11:4-7
Making God Smile (Our Journey of Faith)

  1. What’s the best gift you have given someone?

 

 

  1. In what ways have you tried pleasing God apart from faith?

 

 

  1. Which one of the 3 examples of pleasing God by faith do you relate to the most and why? (Abel, Enoch, or Noah)

 

 

  1. What does walking by faith look practically look like?

 

 



2 Samuel 14 (Kingdom Building)

  1. What do you think Joab was afraid of, in forcing this reunion?

 

 

  1. Why did David give in, but only partly?

 

 

  1. Has there ever been a time in your life when you were pushed to go back to fix something? How did it work out?

 

 

  1. Do you think time heals all wounds?

 

 

  1. Has focusing on the past ever robbed you of the present and future?

 

 



2 Samuel 13 (Kingdom Building)

  1. Have you ever watched someone make poor choices and said nothing? Why?

 

 

  1. Have you ever enabled someone to continue making bad choices?

 

 

  1. What do you think was going through David’s mind when he heard about Amnon’s sin?

 

 

  1. Why did Absalom care so much more about what happened to Tamar than David did?

 

 

  1. Can you think of a question you can ask yourself to analyze whether you are enabling someone?