Week 11 – FC K-groups Discussion Guide for The Story: Chapter 11 “From Shepherd to King”

Reflecting on this week’s reading:

  • Take a moment to read & reflect upon favorite passages from this week’s part of the story?
  • What insights from today’s sermon stood out to you?

Specific Questions to Consider: (use the back to write your answers or write them in your spiritual journal)

  1. In this chapter of The Story, many different people think they have David figured out. How did each of these people view David when they looked at him?
  2. His Father Jesse (1 Samuel 16:8-12; The Story, 145-146)
  3. The prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 16:7-13; The Story, 145-146)
  4. His brother Eliab (1 Samuel 17:28; The Story, 148)
  5. King Saul (1 Samuel 17:33-39; The Story, 148-149)
  6. Goliath (1 Samuel 17:41-44; The Story, 149)
  7. God saw David quiet differently from everyone else. In light of this chapter of The Story, how did God see David?
  8. This chapter includes two powerful prayers of David: one from Psalms 59 (The Story, 152) and another from 2 Samuel 22:1-7, 47 with Psalm 18 (The Story, 154-155). What do you learn about David’s heart from these honest, passionate cries to God?
  9. This chapter of The Story reveals that God put David through spiritual boot camp to chisel him and refine him into the kind of man who truly trusted God. Tell about a time God sent you to spiritual boot camp (or has presently enrolled you). How did God use this to refine, strengthen, and grow you?
  10. David had to wait fourteen years between being anointed and actually sitting on the throne. Have you ever had a lengthy wait to receive something you felt God had planned for your life? What kept you hopeful during the wait?
  11. Reading The Story we discover that David had his share of struggles with sin. But through it all he was a man whose heart sought after God. What are the things that tend to distract your heart and pull it away from God? What can we do to keep our hearts focused on God and growing more in love with him?

FC Missional Application: The mission of Fellowship Church is to make disciples through transformative relationships with God, each other, and the world.

(We encourage everyone to write out an answer to the following questions)

  1. How is this lesson going to impact your personal relationship with God? In other words, how will you apply the principles in this passage in regards to your personal spiritual journey?
  1. How is this lesson going to impact your relationships with other Christians? In other words, how will you apply the principles in this passage to your relationships with other believers?
  1. How will this lesson impact your relationships with non-Christians?

Prayer Notes (we encourage everyone in your group to write down prayer requests so that the needs can be prayed for throughout the week; a spiritual journal is a great resource for recording and tracking prayer requests)