Guidance

Application Questions:1. What does it mean to you that the Shepherd's eyes are on you and never leave? 2. Why do people listen to man instead of God? 3. What is the effect of surrendering my will? 4. Why is it important to renew our minds? 5. How do you make big decisions? 6. Can you think of a time that the Holy Spirit prompted you to make a decision?Questions based on the book:1. Is the idea of guidance as a corporate discipline new or strange to you?2. Give examples from the Scriptures of occasions in which God guides groups of people or instructed individuals through the group experience.3. Why do you think that the Church has tended to emphasize private guidance and not corporate guidance?4. What are some of the dangers of corporate guidance?5. How should the idea of guidance influence the ways we carry on business in our church?6. Have you ever seen the idea of corporate guidance used in destructive ways? What lessons were you able to learn from that experience?7. If living in guidance comes about mainly through entering into friendship with God, what should you drop from your life and what should you add to your life in order to deepen your intimacy with Christ?