Questions from the Weekend: TIPPING POINT - High Desert Church

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Small Group Questions King Me :: Week 11 Playing the Endgame :: Esther

Questions from your Reading: 1. How is your reading going? What can you do over the summer to stay focused and resolve to pursue Jesus through reading his word? Share some ideas.

Message by Pastor Tom Mercer Part 11 of 11 :: June 2-3, 2012 Playing the Endgame :: Esther

Questions from the Weekend: 2. As you look back on your life, where do you see the hand of God shaping and working through circumstances and choices?

How do you define success?

3. How do you tend to view God’s activity in your life? For example, is he active in orchestrating events and relationships, or do you see him as more of a hands-off character in the background who occasionally shows up? 4. Read Esther 4:12-14. What impact did Mordecai’s words have on Esther (v. 16)? Why do you think Esther changed her mind and decided to leverage her unique position? If God has led you to where you are “for such a time as this,” what might you miss if you don’t follow through on what he has called you to do? 5. Read Esther 5:1-3. Esther was willing to do the right thing even though she didn’t know the outcome. What was at stake for Esther personally if she went to face the king of Persia? What was at stake for her Oikos if she did not go to see the king? Describe a time when you took on more risk than you are generally comfortable with. What prompted you to take that risk? 6. Read Proverbs 20:24 and 16:9. • Why do you have that job? Why do you own your own company? • Why are you the president of the homeowner’s association? • Why are you networked with those other home-school moms? • Why do you live in that neighborhood? Why do you go to that school? • Why have you been entrusted with the talents, gifts, and resources that you have? • Why do you think God has you where you are?

What is the __________________ against which our lives will eventually be evaluated?

Great leaders ________ above their perceived limitations and __________________ others to follow their lead—to work together to __________ something that is broken.

TIPPING POINT: “Who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this.”

The story of Esther involves five key characters:

2. ____________ (Matthew 7:21-23)



• King Xerxes



• Former Queen Vashti



• Cousin Mordecai



• Queen Esther



• Villain Haman

Q: How often do you intercede for the people God has placed in your life?

3. ___________________

Four rules to the Endgame:

Q: How are you preparing to change history?

1. ___________ up Character

Represents

Xerxes



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Haman

____________

Mordecai

____________

Esther

____________

4. ___________________

Courage is not the absence of fear, it’s what happens when you persevere ___________________ your fears. No opportunity to do something great is ever __________-_____________.

(Mark 5:19) Q: How have you had to persevere in your life and what kind of impact did your faithfulness have in the lives of the people around you? Oikos: Your ____________ people