Small Group Resources

April 27 - May 3

Sermon Series: Dwell

Week 1: Presence

Ice Breaker, If Needed: 
Have you been in the “presence of greatness”? How did spending time with a notable person or participating/witnessing a notable event impact you?

1. Read Exodus 33:12-14. Who is having this conversation? What gave Moses the boldness to converse with the Lord? How does the Lord respond to Moses? What is the difference between being in God’s presence and being face-to-face with God? Read verses 15-17. What did Moses wisely ask? What distinguished Moses and God’s people from the rest of the world? 

2. Read Job 42:1-6. Who is Job talking to? What does Job tell God about who He is? How does being face to face with the holiness of God expose our sin? Describe how His presence leads to our repentance. Why is this important? Read Isaiah 6:5. How did Isaiah react to his own face to face encounter with God? 

3. Read Acts 4:13. What were Peter and John like before they met Jesus? How were they transformed to the point of astonishing others? Can you encounter God and remain unchanged? Identify what God’s presence refines or provides in each of these verses: 1 Samuel 2:21; Psalm 90:8; 2 Chronicles 20:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 16:11; 1 Corinthians 3;16.

4. Read Psalm 139:1-18. Where is God? When is God? Identify where God is as you move through your day. How often do you recognize His presence, speak to Him, rest in Him? What would happen if you re-oriented your simple awareness of His presence into a deeper, face to face connection? What must you do?