8.30.20 Huddle — BECAUSE 2020 Wk1
INTRO QUESTION
- Name 1 of your top 5 spine-tingling songs. What is one song that always gives you some sort of reaction (i.e. pumps you up, makes you cry, takes you back, etc.).
- Do you consider yourself a “super-fan” of anything (i.e. the Colts, Cars, Beanie Babies). If so, what are you a super-fan of and how do you show your “fandom” to people around you?
BECAUSE 2020 INTRODUCTION
This week kicks off a 7-week series that we are calling “Because 2020,” which explores the topic of worship. We want to start with just a few intro questions about worship to get going.
- When you think of the word “worship,” what comes to mind? How would you define it?
- If you grew up in church, what was your experience of Sunday morning worship like? Or . . . if you didn’t step into a church until much later in life or even recently, what were your first thoughts about people standing, singing, raising hands . . . worshipping?
BECAUSE– QUESTIONS
To kick off the BECAUSE 2020 series, we are going to explore three questions: 1) Why do we praise anything or anyone at all? 2) Why do we praise/worship Jesus? 3) Why do we praise with music? 3) In this section we are going to explore those 3 questions.
Why Do We Praise Anything or Anyone at All?
- How would you answer the 1st question—Why do we praise anything or anyone at all?
- One of the points in the message Sunday was “prayer produces perspective.” What do you think that means and has that been true to your experience?
- Praise is a response that is shown in a wide variety of ways. Three way we see it regularly throughout scripture is: 1) service 2) offering/sacrifice 3) Worship through music. Which of these three speak most to the natural way you respond in praise?
Why Do We Worship With Music?
- How would you answer the question—Why do we worship/praise with music?
- One of the reasons we worship through music is that music expresses the unexpressible. What do you think that means and is it true of your experience?
Why Do We Worship Jesus?
- How would you answer the question—Why do we worship Jesus?
SCRIPTURE ENGAGEMENT—JOHN 14:6
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a];believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
- What stands out to you from this verse?
- How does this verse help answer the question, why praise Jesus?
CLOSE BY WATCHING SHORT FILM—WHO IS JESUS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtI2sd8_co&t=1s
You can also find it by searching CENTERED: Who is Jesus? In the YouTube search bar.
If there’s time or it feels like the group is wanting to discuss after the film, simply ask the question . . . what stood out to you from the film? What struck you?
CLOSE IN PRAYER