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What sort of king? (1 Samuel 8)

Intro: What characteristics make a good leader?
- Why do people sometimes not choose good leaders? 

Read 1 Samuel 8 

Why do Israel want a king? (v1-5,19-20) 

What is the problem with their request? (v6-18) 
- Why is asking for a king rejecting God?
- In what ways do we reject God as our king?'
- What are the downsides of a “king like the nations”?
- Have you seen the downsides of “strong leadership” in your own experience? 
- Thinking back to Hannah’s song (2:1-10), what sort of a king should they ask for? (see also 13:14) 

How should this change the way we look for leadership? 
- How has this series encouraged you to prioritise prayer over human solutions (see 1:15, 2:3, 3:10, 7:9, 8:6)? 
- What would it mean for you to value “walking humbly before our God” more than human strength?  

Planning your Visit

Welcome from the VicarRevd. Peter Breckwoldt

Let me welcome you to St John’s! I am so delighted you have found our web site. We are a Church family in Wimborne for anyone living, working or studying around this area. Whoever you are, whatever your age, whether you’re an experienced Christian or not, we would love you to join us.

From an intrigued onlooker to the committed follower we are keen that everyone should grow in relationship with God through knowing Jesus. To help us do that our emphasis is on hearing God speak to us by his Holy Spirit through his word, the Bible. Each of us knows that we only grow in a relationship with someone and get to know them when we spend time listening to them and responding and reacting to what they say. So the focus of St John’s is on listening to God’s word, talking to him in prayer and taking up all that he says.

The Church family here at St John’s longs to help anyone who wants to investigate the life of Jesus. On this site you will find people, meetings, talks and events shaped to help you take another step forward in finding out more about God and his love for us in Jesus, and to help you get linked into the church family life.

I do hope I will have the opportunity to meet you personally in the very near future and that you will quickly feel at home at St John’s.

Revd. Peter Breckwoldt