Question #1 – What do you do when your prophet dies? - You can try to hang on to all the things you learned, as if the prophet never died.
- You can look for a new prophet.
- There is always more of God’s truth to be learned from new prophets.
Question #2 – What will you do when God is silent? - David chose to trust in a God who isn't on a leash and doesn't always come when beckoned.
- Jesus chose to stay on the cross.
- Saul chose to respond to God’s silence by becoming so desperate he went to a sorcerer.
- Our great temptation when we are disappointed with God is to listen to whoever is speaking.
- We need to be good stewards of our disappointments from God.
- It is easy to have “faith because of”. Real faith emerges as “faith in spite of”.
Question #3 – What are you going to do when it is time to stop leading? - Reasons we are tempted to hold on to leadership too long!
- We grow accustomed to the privileges of being in charge.
- Jealousy
- Never cling to anything but your God.
- Life is only lived well with open hands.
- The point of your life is to worship/glorify God and enjoy Him forever!
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