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Warm-Up for Sunday: This Sunday we will find ourselves in a cave with David and 400 men. This cave becomes a spiritual retreat center where David finds rest and renewal as he reconnects with the source of his strength. But then, some days later, God sends 400 others to rally around him. But then God tells them to leave the cave and return to the people who are still hurting. This retreat, renew, and return cave strategy illustrates our need to first spend time alone with God and then to bond with our band of brothers in Christ, and finally, to return to those still hurting. Won’t you join us this Sunday as we band together to encourage one another and be equipped to share with those still hurting.
Small Group Discission questions
The Cave – A Retreat Center 1 Samuel 22:1-5
Ice Breaker: Have you ever experienced a personal retreat? If so, what was it like?
- Why do you think David goes to the cave?
- What was David doing at the cave? Psalm 142:1-7
- In what respect is David’s broken spirit shaped by God and for what purpose? Matthew 5:3
- Why does God bring David’s family and 400 others to the cave? 1 Samuel 22:1-2
- Scripture tells us that these 400 men were distressed and discontent. Why? How would their distress affect David? 1 Samuel 22:2, Psalm 57:1, 4
- How does David influence his band of distressed brothers? Psalm 57:7-8
- To what degree are we to bear one another’s burdens? Galatians 6:2
- To what degree does David become vulnerable and even undignified and what should that say to us? 2 Sam 6:16-22
- Why does God tell David and his men to leave the cave and what can we learn from that? 1 Samuel 22:5