1.If you are a mom, how do you relate your experiences with the story of the mother of Moses in Exodus 2?

2.What part of this story particularly reminds you of your mother?

3.Have you had any women in your life who became like mothers to you?

4.What kind of a relationship have you had with your siblings? How much did your mom have to do with that?

1.How do you see government becoming more of a burden rather than a help?

2.What are some of the things people want from government? What is the cost?

3.What other areas of your life do more taking than giving to you?

4.What are all the things people expect from a church? What is the cost of all that?

1.What were the symbolic tokens that represented your life before you were saved?

2.Do you have places that take you back to critical times in your life? Do you return there intentionally?

3.Have you ever let a good thing unconsciously become an idol for you?

4.Are there things in your life now that are so demanding of your time, energy and thoughts that they are getting in the way of your intimacy with God?

1.What is something you’ve hung onto longer than you should’ve?

2.What are your excuses for the clutter in your world?

3.Have you ever blamed God for something that was actually your own fault?

4.What will you get rid of this week?

1.Why do you think the disciples weren’t even considering the possibility that Jesus would rise from the dead?

2.Why do you think people didn’t seem to recognize Jesus on first sight?

3.Do you think Thomas gets treated unfairly when people call him “Doubting Thomas?”

4.What does having “life in His name” look like for you?

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.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.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.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?

1.What do you think was the mindset of Hophni and Phinehas? How would they justify their behavior? What was Eli thinking in allowing it?

2.What made Samuel such a good person? What qualities allowed him to thrive in a bad environment?

3.What would motivate a bad person to go into ministry?

4.What good choices have you made that led to blessed consequences? Have you made any good choices that haven’t yet led to blessings?