1.Was there ever a time when playing it safe caused you to miss out on something exciting?

2.What risky ventures are you contemplating now?

3.Who inspires you in the way they go for it?

4.What energizes you?

5.What about Jonathan inspires you most?

1.What do you think of when you hear the word “worship”?

2.Why do you think Saul didn’t repent after being confronted by Samuel?

3.Have you ever jumped the gun on something because it seemed like an emergency and something needed to be done?

4.Why is waiting so hard?

5.What are the most significant turning point moments in your life?

1.What are the unknown things about the future that concern you?

2.Who tells you the truth when you don’t want to hear it?

3.What about God’s nature gives you comfort?

4.What choices are you consciously making right now specifically to influence your future?

5.What choices have you made in the past that are paying dividends for you now?

1.Have you ever tried to use appeasement with a bully? How did that work out?

2.Have you ever stood up to a bully? How did that go?

3.What kinds of things divide us as Americans?

4.What kinds of things divide us as Christians?

5.What should be our focus for unity?

1.What is the biggest change that God has done in your life?

2.Who have you seen become a different person because of God working in their life?

3.Why do you think Saul was so reticent to become the king?

4.Who in your life has your back with their courage, loyalty and heart for God?

1.How have you generally thought about Saul as a leader of Israel?

2.What are some of the ways you’ve responded to pressure in your life that served you well?

3.What are some of the ways you’ve responded to pressure in your life that hurt your progress?

4.Who are some of the people whose lives have inspired you?

5.Who in your life has pointed out God’s calling for your life?

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.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.)