Discussion Questions:
1. How do you define worship? What makes something worship vs. not being worship? Which would you agree with more? Connection to God leads to worship or worship of God leads to connection with Him?
2. After the specific directions of worship in the OT, why do you suppose there is not any description of what worship should look like in the NT? Why do we place so much emphasis on the 1-2 hours we gather together on Sunday mornings?
3. Why are religious traditions/practices important? Why must we not confuse our religious traditions/practices for worship?
4. How does the idea of worship expand if it is about keeping God on the throne in all that we do? How do you see this being the model that Jesus provided for worship of God? How does “Hallowed be Thy name” show up in the mundane daily activities of your life?
5. When it comes to being prepared for times of corporate worship with this church family, what practices do you have to prepare yourself for an encounter with God? What helps you to see the eternal beyond the onslaught of the temporary?
6. What does it mean to worship God in spirit and truth? How did Cain fail at both of these? Which do you find to be easier/harder of the two?
7. How do the two Greek words for worship (proskuneo and latreuo) provide insight into what it takes to worship God? How do both terms require submission/surrender? Are there any areas of your life you find difficult to surrender?
8. What made the woman at the well a good candidate for Jesus to teach about worship? What does the emphasis on Jesus having to pass through Samaria teach us about the initiative for worship?
9. How does this story encourage you by seeing that God is seeking us even when we don’t know what we are thirsting for? What difference does it make that Jesus meets her as a thirsty, tired man?
10. How have you seen Jesus’ worship become someone else’s worship which then became a family or communities’ worship?
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