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Keeping Score: Part 5 - Counting Smaller
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: Less is more when God is counting.
When I am counting I'm relying on my strength.
God wants total control of what counts.
God's ultimate goal is to win my heart.
God's count wins every time.
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What are examples of things or experiences where less has been more? How did you discover that too much of a good thing is a bad thing?
What are examples of things or experiences where less has been more? How did you discover that too much of a good thing is a bad thing?
START THINKING
Read Judges 6:13-16. How did Gideon's story from the very beginning illustrate this principle that less is more when God is counting? If Gideon or other leaders had counted, would he have ever been in consideration? Why or why not?
Read Judges 7:1-2. What do you notice in these verses about God's plan and way of counting? What was God's motivation? Why do you think the Israelites would have boasted to God if Gideon's army remained large?
Read Judges 7:3-8. What do you think Gideon was feeling as his hard work to assemble an army was dwindled right before his eyes not once but twice?!
Read Judges 6:13-16. How did Gideon's story from the very beginning illustrate this principle that less is more when God is counting? If Gideon or other leaders had counted, would he have ever been in consideration? Why or why not?
Read Judges 7:1-2. What do you notice in these verses about God's plan and way of counting? What was God's motivation? Why do you think the Israelites would have boasted to God if Gideon's army remained large?
Read Judges 7:3-8. What do you think Gideon was feeling as his hard work to assemble an army was dwindled right before his eyes not once but twice?!
START SHARING
When have you experienced something similar to Gideon? When did you see God change the plan you had, the timeline you determined, or the amount of resources that you had? How do you think He was leading you to an experience like Gideon had where God was in total control of the victory?
Read Judges 7:9-11. What does it teach you or us about the character and nature of God as our Father that he acknowledged Gideon's fear and gave him a plan to deal with it? When have you felt fear about doing what God wanted for you and what did God provide to encourage you and help you work through that fear?
When have you experienced something similar to Gideon? When did you see God change the plan you had, the timeline you determined, or the amount of resources that you had? How do you think He was leading you to an experience like Gideon had where God was in total control of the victory?
Read Judges 7:9-11. What does it teach you or us about the character and nature of God as our Father that he acknowledged Gideon's fear and gave him a plan to deal with it? When have you felt fear about doing what God wanted for you and what did God provide to encourage you and help you work through that fear?
START DOING
Read Judges 7:15. The result of Gideon experiencing God in this moment of encouragement was not only worship, but also action. He responded with his heart and then with his hands and feet.
What do you need to bow down and worship God for? What has He done and provided for you, even if it seems counter intuitive, that proves his love and faithfulness to you?
Now what do you need to do to act? What is the changed plan, timeline, resource, etc. that God wants to use and prove that His way is better than your way?
Read Judges 7:15. The result of Gideon experiencing God in this moment of encouragement was not only worship, but also action. He responded with his heart and then with his hands and feet.
What do you need to bow down and worship God for? What has He done and provided for you, even if it seems counter intuitive, that proves his love and faithfulness to you?
Now what do you need to do to act? What is the changed plan, timeline, resource, etc. that God wants to use and prove that His way is better than your way?
START PRAYING
Pray for each of us in the microchurch to allow God total control to change what counts in our lives. Pray that we will trust Him when he whittles us down to a place that all we can do is trust Him. Pray that the result of this will be not just victory for the sake of victory, but so that I experience Him more than ever before. And in turn, those around me will also experience Jesus like never before.
Pray for each of us in the microchurch to allow God total control to change what counts in our lives. Pray that we will trust Him when he whittles us down to a place that all we can do is trust Him. Pray that the result of this will be not just victory for the sake of victory, but so that I experience Him more than ever before. And in turn, those around me will also experience Jesus like never before.
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