Holy Man Episode 39 – Josiah hearer and doer of the Word

04/05/23 • 23 min

Life Group Questions - Josiah hearer and doer of the Word

What are your 3 favorite hobbies?
In comparison to those hobbies, where does reading the Bible rank?
How often do you read the Bible? What is your purpose in reading it? How does it affect your life?
Read 2 Kings 23:1-7; 24-25. What are the effects of God’s Word on Josiah and those around him? If you chose to respond to God’s Word as Josiah did, what would potentially happen?
Turn to Psalm 119. Choose several of the 8 verse sections. (there are 22 of them) Read a section and answer these questions: What does the writer think about God and His Word? What can the Word do for the reader? What does the writer ask of God? What does the writer say he will do?
IF you need more to discuss: Read 2 Timothy 3:14-17. What 3 principals does Paul share with Timothy in regards to God’s Word?

Life Group Questions - Josiah hearer and doer of the Word

What are your 3 favorite hobbies?
In comparison to those hobbies, where does reading the Bible rank?
How often do you read the Bible? What is your purpose in reading it? How does it affect your life?
Read 2 Kings 23:1-7; 24-25. What are the effects of God’s Word on Josiah and those around him? If you chose to respond to God’s Word as Josiah did, what would potentially happen?
Turn to Psalm 119. Choose several of the 8 verse sections. (there are 22 of them) Read a section and answer these questions: What does the writer think about God and His Word? What can the Word do for the reader? What does the writer ask of God? What does the writer say he will do?
IF you need more to discuss: Read 2 Timothy 3:14-17. What 3 principals does Paul share with Timothy in regards to God’s Word?

Life Group Questions – Judah begins to trust and obey

What is something that you helped to fix, or to make better than it was?
Tell about a person who you helped with something that was broken or hurting in their lives.
Read or skim Genesis 37:12-28. In what ways are Judah and his brothers looking out for themselves? What pain did it cause both to others and to themselves? (The Tamar story from the podcast is between these two stories)
Read or skim Genesis 44:10-20; 30-34. What changes do we see in Judah? How does this change affect the story and the people in the story?
Who has something in their life that is not where God would want it to be? How is it hurting you? Others? What step(s) can be taken towards God’s path?

Life Group Questions – Hosea loves the unlovable

If you have children, tell about a time when they disobeyed you, or a time when they broke your heart.
Read Hosea 3. God calls Hosea to chase after his wife who has left him for another man. How would you feel if your wife became a prostitute? What are some idols we chase after? Talk about how God feels when we chase after idols or worldly things in our lives?
God loves us unconditionally. Now, discuss the emotions we face when we consider that God loves us even when we prostitute ourselves with other idols? Notice in Ch 3, Hosea paid to get Gomer back. Reflect on what the cross means to us.
Read Hosea 14. After God shares the pain of our sin throughout the middle chapters of Hosea, what suggestions do we find in 14? What blessings come our way if we walk with God?