CONVERSATION STARTERS:
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. These prompts have been designed to help Community Groups grow in their relationship with God, with one another, and with their neighbors. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource to you. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.

1. Read Psalm 72 out loud. What stands out to you from this psalm? If you are participating in theFormed.life, what are some of the things that stood out to you in your study of the psalm this past week?

2. How do the priorities of God’s king, expressed in this psalm, contrast with the priorities of human rulers and authorities?

3. Read Luke 1:46-55. How does Mary’s song pick up the themes of
Psalm 72?

4. In what ways does Jesus fulfill the prayer of Psalm 72?

5. How does Psalm 72 give you hope this Advent season?

PRAYER PROMPT:
Take a few moments to consider where you have influence - work, home, church, family, activities you are a part of, etc. Pray that God will help you reflect God’s priorities in the areas where you have influence.

Title: The King’s Character
Reference: Psalm 72
Guest Speaker: Bill Gorman, BillG@cckc.church

> He knows the needy

"The truth is that we are sinners who are dependent on God for his mercy and for his continuing grace. To attempt to live without him is precisely what is meant by sin."
-John Stott, The Radical Disciple

> Where do you need a King right now?

> He finds the needy precious

> Have you called out to your King in your need?

"His yoke is kind and his burden is light. That is, his yoke is a nonyoke, and his burden is a nonburden. What helium does to a balloon, Jesus’s yoke does to his followers. We are buoyed along in life by his endless gentleness and supremely accessible lowliness. He doesn’t simply meet us at our place of need; he lives in our place of need. He never tires of sweeping us into his tender embrace. It is his very heart. It is what gets him out of bed in the morning."
- Dane Ortlund, Gentle & Lowly

> He is with the needy now and forever