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Warm-Up for Sunday: Have you ever needed a mediator; someone who would represent you to another or would represent another to you? In 1 Samuel 25 David needed urgent mediation. David and his men were tired and hungry and ready to kill a man (Nabal) and his male staff for refusing to provide food as compensation. However, Nabal’s wife intervened to provide some strategic mediation, including food, keeping David from murder. Join me this Sunday as we learn from one of the unsung heroes of the Bible, Abigail – The Mediator!.
Small Group Discussion questions
The Mediator
1 Samuel 25
Ice Breaker: Have you ever needed mediation?
1. Describe Nabal’s character.
2. Why do you think David, who had shown restraint with Saul (1 Samuel 24), was so quick to plan violent revenge against Nabal?
3. Describe Abigail’s role as the mediator between her husband and David. How does she lower the tension? What role did food play?
4. Have you ever been tempted to respond in anger or revenge, only to be stopped by someone’s wise counsel? Have you ever served as a mediator —someone God
used to keep another from sin?
5. Practical Applications:
– Accept M_______________, Be a M_______________
– Be aware of your own V____________________
– __________ on the Lord. Psalm 40:1-2
6. What does God’s judgment on Nabal teach us about leaving justice in His hands? Consider Romans 12:17-21
7. How can this story shape the way we trust God with injustice today?