In this message, Mark talks about unsubscribing from noise and discovering the gift of silence.
1 Kings 19:1-13
For VineGroups and Discussion:
• What was a take-away or a question from the sermon?
• Good or bad, what is your relationship wish silence?
• What thoughts do you have of Gordon Hempton’s
definition of silence: “Silence is not an absence of sound.
Silence is a particular presence to life.”
• Read 1 Kings 19:1-10. What thoughts/questions do you
have from this story? Why is Elijah so distraught?
• Read verses 11-13. What might it mean that God was in
“the gentle whisper” or “the sound of sheer silence”?
• How has your practice of silence been this week? Share
your experience. What has been helpful?
