Sermon-Based Small Group Lessons
Worship Matters
Jason Seales
November 30, 2008
Focus
Passage
1 Not to
us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of
your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
2 Why
should the nations say,
"Where is their God?"
3 Our
God is in the heavens;
he does all that he pleases.
4 Their
idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
5 They
have mouths, but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6 They
have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7 They
have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Outline of Sermon (The Life
Changing Lessons)
This is for the leader’s use. You don’t have to read through
these for the group.
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available.
What was your reaction to Jason’s statement
that “all people are worshippers and we are excellent at it?”
1. Romans 1:25 states “They exchanged
the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than
the Creator…” What are
some of the things people exchange for God? (Write some of these down for later
use.)
2. What was your feeling when viewing the video
of people around the world reacting to Michael Jackson?
3. Acts 17:23 says “For as
I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.” The
people of Athens knew that something was missing in their lives. Is there something missing in your
life? What do you believe a person
has to do to “know God”?
If you have any doubts about whether you have ever come to know God,
please talk with someone after the group meeting.
4. After we come to know
God, how is it that we still battle who or what we worship?
5. Worship is defined as “our response to God for who He is and for
what He’s done expressed by what we say and how we live.” If you had define
your response to God with one word, what would it be?
Who
is God to you?
How
would you answer the question, “What has He done?”
6. How do we worship God by what we say and
how we live? What are some things
that come to mind when we think about what a true worshipper of God looks
like? Will it affect how we think
about and treat others?
7. Jason asked some people why they
attended worship and got some answers that seemed self-centered because they
were “I” centered statements.
Are we guilty of worshiping because of what it does for us as compared
to what it does to God? How should
we view our worship?
8. Jason stated that “We worship what
we value most.” Have you ever
really stopped and given thought to what we value most? Take a minute to reflect on your
life. If someone looked at your money,
time, passion & affections, what would they see.
9. If it is true that whatever consumes us
will eventually conform us, then that makes worship a
really big deal. What do some of
the people eventually look like that we named in question 1?
10. Jason said “If we get God wrong,
we get life wrong.” Do you
agree with that? Why or why not?
We as believers should be able to
say, “God, I want to be conformed to your likeness, so today I want to be
consumed by you.” What are
the hindrances to being open to being consumed by God? Maybe we should pray and discuss some of
our fears and hesitancies about being able to make this statement.