1. David asks for God’s guidance in 2 Samuel 2.1-4. What can we learn?
 

2. Throughout the Book of Samuel, David ends up waiting a long time and in plenty of difficult situations. How do we see him grow stronger through that? In what ways do you identify with him?
 

3. How do the scriptures encourage us to live by faith, even when time and circumstance makes that seem unbearable? See Hebrews 11.
 

4. What does it mean when Hebrews 12.1-3 tells us to look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith? How will that change things for you?