Submissive Trust

Home Group Questions:

1) How did this week’s message encourage you to walk closer with Jesus?

2) As God’s children due to our faith in Christ, why are we dependent on God’s mercy and the Gospel, in order to faithfully obey? Why do we disobey? Why do we doubt God’s:

- Goodness—does He care? 

- Power—is He able?

- Wisdom—what is best? 

- Blessing—is He satisfying?

3) How did King Hezekiah Faithfully Obey (2 Kings 18:1-5; 20:3; 2 Chronicles 29)? What does faithful obedience look like in our lives if we want to have a submissive trust? 

4) What are some lessons today we can apply from Israel’s ruin (2 Kings 17:7-23)? What can we do to overcome our stiff-necked stubbornness in resisting God (2 Kings 17:14)? Why is idolatry always looking for plurality (many lesser pleasures we prefer above God)? 

5) How significant was Hezekiah’s humble prayer in (19:1, 14-19) when going through a major crisis? What causes prayerlessness in our own lives? 

6) What encouragement do we see in Ahab's (1 Kings 21:27-29) and Manasseh's (2 Chronicles 33:12-13) repentance; and God hearing Manasseh's prayer?

7) What is the connection between humility/trust/obedience and prayer, and God answering prayer?

8) How does this influence how we pray for others?