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...

Discussion Questions: 1.  What kinds of things in your life make you thirsty for more?  How is spiritual thirst different from thirst for things in a physical or emotional way?  How does spiritual thirst being satisfied help with other kinds of thirst? 2.  After Solomon experimented with so many areas of life to find meaning or purpose, what made him conclude that they were all meaningless or vanity?  Why do things like wealth, accumulating things, sexuality, etc. appeal to us if they are...

Discussion Questions: 1.  What kinds of things help you get a clear reflection of your identity?  What kinds of things distort your perspective of your identity?  2.  Why is it important that God uses the same descriptions of our identity in the Old Testament as in the New Testament?  3.   Which picture of identity do you resonate most with? (Slave; bondslave; friend; child; covenant partner) Why?  Which do you struggle to experience?  Share what makes you struggle with this.   4.  Why is it...