GROUP GUIDE
Leading a group through these questions? Here’s a simple guide for 1.5-2 hour GROUP meeting.
Welcome and Opening Prayer. (5 minutes)
Read the passage aloud. (5 minutes)
Guide the group through the questions. (30-60 minutes)
Take time to share prayer requests and pray for each other. (15-30 minutes)
TEACHING RECAP
Summary: We often crop God down to size — making him safer, smaller, more manageable. It’s easy to edit out the parts that feel uncomfortable, just like we edit a photo. But the result is always less than the real thing. This talk shows how to leave those lesser versions behind and encounter the God who is bigger, more beautiful, and more powerful than we imagined.
Main Points:
God reveals himself and directs our worship.
Idolatry is foolish, destructive, and subtle.
God is jealous for us because he loves us.
True worship means smashing idols and turning to Jesus.
On-Ramps:
Smash your idols.
Surrender fully to God.
Pursue relationship with Jesus.
Go to church every week.
Discussion
What stands out to you from this passage? How does this passage most challenge or encourage you?
What do you think drives our desire and ability to create and worship idols so easily?
What does worshipping idols look like in our everyday lives?
How can we, as a community, help one another worship the One True God as we continually work to flee our idols?
God is jealous for you. What does that mean to you and how can that help us keep Him as the focal point of our worship?
How do you want to respond to this passage in your daily life?
PRAYER
How can we pray for you as a group?
Next week: Exodus 20:7
