BIG IDEA
Are you clinging to God’s promises or God himself?
Key Verses
2 Samuel 7:11-13
11“‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you: 12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
2 Samuel 7:28-29
28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
2 Samuel 15:25-26
25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place. 26 But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”
J High Questions
What is your all time favorite cartoon?
What is a situation where someone in authority held you back from doing something you really wanted to do?
Read 2 Samuel 15:25-26. How does King David’s decision here depict his relationship with God?
Does David’s decision change how you deal with disappointment? Explain.
What can you do this week to cling to God more than God’s promises?
High School Questions
What is your all time favorite cartoon?
When was a time you were disappointed by a situation that was out of your control?
Read 2 Samuel 15:25-26. How does King David’s decision here depict his relationship with God?
How can the knowledge that “man isn’t perfect, but God is” change how you carry disappointment?
What can you do this week to cling to God more than God’s promises?