Taste and See Leader Guide

Taste and See Intro

Leader Introductions

Leader share about yourself and your testimony

Please have one leader pass out info cards and have students fill them out

Ice Breaker Questions

If you were famous, what would you be famous for?

If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song?

You have your own late night talk show, who do you invite as your first guest?

If you had to eat one meal everyday for the rest of your life what would it be?

What is your absolute dream job?

What is one thing you want to learn more about in the Bible?

How to Read Scripture

Seven Arrows of Bible Study

1 Peter 1:15-2:10

What does this Passage say?

Summary

What did this Passage mean to its original audience?

Context

What does this Passage tell us about God?

Who is God and how does he act?

What does this Passage tell us about man?

Where do we stand before God?

What does this Passage demand of me?

After reading this, how does my life need to change?

How does this Passage change the way I relate to people?

After reading this, how do I change how I treat other people?

What does this Passage prompt me to pray to God?

After reading this, how do I respond to God?

How to P.R.A.Y.

Praise

Praise focuses our minds on Christ – We, by our very nature, are self-centered beings and praise causes our minds to focus on the glory of God instead of on ourselves.

Praise affects our feelings – Emotions can often keep us from pursuing intimacy with God in prayer. Praising God for his good gifts can have the effect of causing deep affection for God for his provision.

Praise is preferable to despair – People tend to be much quicker to focus on the negatives in their lives than the positives. Praise pulls us away from the negatives to celebrate the grace in our lives!

Repent

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Ask

In John 14:13-14, John tells us that God invites us to ask him for things, “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” Asking God for the things we need is wise and necessary.

Ask in faith – In Romans 10:17 and John 14:13-14 we read that God wants to give us what we ask for. However, that isn’t exactly a blank check. We are to pray for things God has promised to provide for us. His good gifts are better than what we would ask for ourselves anyway. We are also to make these requests in faith believing that God will grant them because he has already promised he will!

Ask with patience – Matthew 21:22 says, “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Notice the word “will” here. That is a promise, but it doesn’t have a deadline attached to it. The implication here is that it will happen in the future, but we aren’t told exactly when.

Yield

The Lord’s Prayer is clear about who is in charge and who is not. “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). When entering into prayer, even if there are things we’re asking for, we should do so with a posture of yielding to whatever it is that God wants to do in, for, and through us to grow his kingdom.

Yield when you are unsure – At times when you’re not sure what to do in life, yield to whatever God has for you and pray. Ask him to reveal his will regardless of what it may look like.

Yield when you don’t want to – Sometimes we know what we should be doing but really just don’t want to do it. At that point, that whole posture of yielding is necessary. Yield to his will—it is better for you than what you want anyway.

How To Worship

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