These questions are a guideline for your personal or small group study based on Sunday's sermon passage. Feel free to study and meditate on the passage more deeply. ​​

1. In the message, “silence doesn’t mean absence,” where have you experienced a “silent season” with God, and what might He have been preparing beneath the surface? 

2. Zechariah and Elizabeth were faithful, yet waited a long time. How does the idea “faithfulness doesn’t guarantee immediate fulfillment” challenge (or comfort) you right now? 

3. The teaching distinguishes between doubt that resists God and doubt that wrestles with God. What does each look like in real life, and how can we move from resisting to wrestling in a healthy way? 

4. God disciplined Zechariah but didn’t discard him. When have you seen God’s “restorative discipline” in your life (or someone else’s), and what fruit did it produce over time? 

5. “God’s promises are governed by divine timing, not human urgency.” Where are you most tempted to demand “microwave timing” from God, and what would it look like to trust His “slow-roast” process instead? 

6. If joy is the fruit of trusting God’s faithfulness (not the product of favorable circumstances), what is one concrete step you’ll take this week to “remember on purpose” (Scripture, gratitude, worship, obedience, communion mindset), especially in the area you’re most discouraged?