I Prompted Pastor. G... really?
Bible Study Plan – Joshua 14 : 1-15
“Give me this hill country… the LORD helping me, I will drive them out.” — Caleb (v. 12)
1. Warm-up
Time Element
0-2 min Check-in – one-word mood from each person (“Exhausted… hopeful… numb…”)
2-5 min Opening prayer – invite God to speak hope into our weariness
2. Hook – My own hill country
“When I first flew into JFK in 2012, my suitcase was 23 kg and my cynicism probably weighed triple. Granddad’s faith felt like history, not reality. Seven years later—after the campus pastor in North Carolina kept handing me coffee and stubborn hope—God had turned that cynicism into curiosity. Coming home, the weight came back when I met church politics. Caleb’s story keeps rescuing me because it shows a faith that survives deserts, giants, and even fellow believers’ failures.”
3. Reading the Passage
Read aloud Joshua 14 : 1-15 (one reader, or popcorn style).
Silence: underline a phrase that tugs at you.
4. Content & Heart Message
Caleb’s Reality |
Take-away |
6-9 “Wholeheartedly followed the LORD” while everyone else despaired |
Our GPA-driven culture says passion is elective credit; God calls it core |
10-11 45 years of waiting didn’t shrink him; he’s “still as strong” |
Endurance isn’t grinding harder; it’s staying close to the Original Power Source |
12 “Give me this hill country… maybe the LORD will be with me.” |
Faith asks boldly before we feel ready |
13-14 Hebron = fellowship/friendship; inheritance secured |
God’s promises end in relationship, not merely results |
15 Rest from war after the giants fall |
True rest comes after surrender more than after success |
Key message
Wholehearted > Half-life Cynicism halves everything; wholehearted trust reinflates vision.
Wait ≠ Waste Caleb’s 45-year “gap semester” forged muscles Israel would later need. Your study season is not a detour.
Hill Country Hope Giants remain, but the Lord’s presence stands taller. The exam hall is your Hebron-in-process.
5. Discussion Questions
Underline moment: What phrase or verse resonated with your exact mood this week? Why?
Caleb kept the same dream for 45 years. What dream or calling have you quietly archived because it felt unrealistic?
Where do you notice cynicism creeping into your faith—toward God, church, yourself? What might wholeheartedness look like there?
Hebron means “friendship.” How could you pursue deeper friendship with God (or others) during mid-terms rather than postponing intimacy until after?
The text hints that age ≠ disqualification. How do you see generational faith (e.g., my grandfather’s) shaping yours—for better or worse?
6. Side Activity – “Stone of Remembering”
Materials: small river stones (one per person), sharpies.
Directions:
On one side write a giant you’re facing this semester (e.g., “fear of failure”).
On the other write a promise of God you want to cling to (e.g., “I will never leave you” Heb 13:5).
Pray in pairs, then keep the stone on your desk during exam week as a tactile Hebron.
(Optional remote version: use sticky-note in phone wallpaper.)
7. Wrap-up & Prayer
Recap: Wholeheartedness, waiting, hill-country hope.
Invite two members to pray: one for strength in exams, one for courage to claim promises.
Blessing (adapt Caleb’s words):
“May the LORD, whose strength outlives semesters and cynicism, be with you as you face your hill country this week.”
Pastor G. You were prompted by me. Next time I'll prompt Pastor Llama.r
"Pretend that you are a 28 year old church going christian who's lived in both United States and South Korea. You were born in South Korea and into a believing family. You were heavily influenced by your north korean defector grandfather who met a Christian missionary in pow camp back in 1950 during the Korean war and turned into a pastor after the war. Your early childhood was happy under his loving care. To turn things around, during middle school you were tired of Korean education and became very cynical of its society. You moved to the States back in 2012 to New York. You lived in the States for 7 years as a student in abroad. You finished the last 4 years in North Carolina where you met another pastor on campus who gave you a different look on life, not cynical but more hopeful and yet untamed. You came back to South Korea at the age of 23 and is met by yet another wave of cynicism. Not by any other but by fellow Christians in a South Korean church where your parents took you to. After some bouts of anger, you decided to move to a different church. You received discipleship training at this church for a year and now you have been serving this church as a bible study leader for almost 3 years now. Joshua 14:1-15 is the passage you are going to teach this Sunday. You and your group members are going through mid-term season and are very tired of everything, life and more. Tell me now how you would give a heart-felt message to these members this Sunday at the meeting that will last about an hour. Give me some good questions to ask to these people as well. Maybe an activity to do on the side as well. Thanks."