Group Discussion & Life Challenge
Use these notes as discussion prompts for your group, or in your personal time with God.
Connect:
Get to know each other. Connect, warm up to each other, fellowship.
Care:
Carry each other’s burdens. Share life’s challenges and practice Soul Care. Pray together.
Challenge:
1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
2. Read Psalm 23 and discuss the ways God does things to help us face our enemies or dark times in our lives. How might he help us see the world more clearly from his perspective?
3. Given what you know about the story of David, what were some of the dark valleys that God led him through? Open your Bibles to these stories if you have the time.
4. How might God set up a table in the presence of our enemies? What does it say about God that he would do this for us? How does it call us to see that God is ever-present in our lives?
5. How does David describe the ways God celebrates and honors him at the table? Why would these things be important?
Clarify:
Does anyone need clarity on something? Are there any big God questions you are wrestling with?
Celebrate:
Celebrate life’s successes and God’s provision. Worship God’s presence. Time to brag about God.
BibleApp
Through the Bible in one Year
Join us in reading through the entire Bible in one year. Each day of this plan guides you through passages from both the Old and New Testaments, allowing you to see connections between the history of our faith, and the fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan. Readings average four chapters in length, so it is posible to do. When you use the YouVersion Bible App, you can even have the app read the Bible text to you – very useful when you are in the car or otherwise occupied with your hand.
All you need to do is click the link to the Bible Plan, which should lead you straight to the Bible app. Your two options are now (1) to read the plan on your own, one day at the time. Or (2) you can make it more fun and rewarding, by sharing the plan with one or more friends, and then even “Talk about it”.