Next Steps - Lesson 9 - Looking for a Fight - I Samuel 13 & 14 + Various Passages

Discussion Questions:

1. What does the concept of needing to look for a fight mean in our spiritual service to the Kingdom? In what ways is playing it safe risky?

2. In what ways have you seen being timid or fearful limit spiritual growth and lead to mediocrity? Are there ways you live according to not losing or being defensive instead of being on the offensive?

3. Do you think the measure of spiritual maturity is sitting in a worship service for 90 minutes every week? How is this similar to Saul’s sitting under a pomegranate tree? How is it different?

4. How did Saul’s sitting around, not being engaged in the fight, contribute to his paranoia about David and fear of losing what he had? How have you seen this type of thing in our own time?

5. It was said in the sermon that we cannot grow to experience more of the LORD without disrupting our comfort level. Do you agree with this? In what ways are you disrupting your comfort level to grow in your experiences of the LORD?

6. How important is seeing the victory through faith in the LORD before going into battle? What kinds of things help you to look for and focus on the victory that awaits you? How has this made a difference in the spiritual battles you have encountered?

7. Why does every Jonathan need an armor bearer? What opportunities have you seen for you. to be an armor bearer for someone else in their battle?