Click here to see the sermon discussion questions or see them listed below. We highly encourage you to listen, think, and talk about the sermon. These are questions you can reflect on by yourself, with your family, or with your small group.

Sermon Discussion Questions:

1. Where do you struggle with stress and anxiety? What haunts your thoughts?  What do you complain about? What fills your prayers?

2. Prior to this week’s sermon, how would you deal with your anxious thoughts?  What do you think is the “Christian” answer on how to deal with worry?   Are most Christians you know free from stress and anxiety?  Why or why not?

3. “Right worship leads to a rested heart” but “worry is rooted in worship.”  How can both be true?  Is there a “right” worship and “wrong” worship?  Explain.

4. We may not bow down to worship a golden calf, but what are some common “idols” of modern western culture?  At which idols’ altar do you find yourself worshipping most often and why does this kind of idol worship lead to our anxiety and stress? (think about what happens when something threatens our idols)

5. In the sermon we heard that for many people, especially for the young, the desire to be liked and to impress others is a huge idol leading to “wrong worship”.  In response to this we heard this admonition: “Don’t live life to be liked, live life because you are loved” What do you think this means and how does this lead to “right worship”?

6. In our passage Jesus asks the rhetorical question that if God takes care of the birds of the air and the grass of the field then how much more will he take care of His own children? How important do you think you are to God and why do you think He wants you to know how deeply loved you truly are?

7. How does the love of God help us to make sense of even the  tragic, ugly and painful things of life?  In spite of these difficulties, how does understanding the love of God for you personally, lead to “right worship” and thus a rested heart?