Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Psalm 62:1-2, 5-9 KJV
1 [[To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation. 2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. ... 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him. 6 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved. 7 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Who (or what) does David wait upon? Why? (v.1-2,5-7)
2) What does the psalmist encourage the people of God to do? (v.8)
3) What does David write concerning men of low and high degree? (v.9)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Who (or what) are you most likely to place your trust and hope in during times of trouble? Why?
LIFE LESSONS
5) As His children, our only hope, trust and expectation is to placed in our Great God. He is our only Refuge.
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Showing posts with label hope. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Goodness of God
Friday, November 20, 2015
Psalm 33:13-22 KJV
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Lord do from heaven? (v.13-15)
2) What does the psalmist consider to be vain? (v.16-17)
3) Who are the eyes of the Lord upon and why? (v.18-19)
4) Who, or what, should we place our trust in and why? (v.20-21)
5) For what does the psalmist hope for from the Lord? (v.22)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) In whom do you place your trust in times of trial or temptation?
LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord is the only Being who can save us, heal us, and deliver us.
8) The Lord alone is worthy of our hope and our trust.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Hope in God!
Monday, November 24, 2014
Psalm 42:5-11 KJV
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the psalmist ask himself? (v.5a,11a-b)
2) How does the psalmist encourage himself? (v.5b,11c)
3) What does the psalmist purpose to do, though his heart is heavy? (v.6)
4) In Who, or what, does the psalmist hope when distressed? (v.7-8)
5) What are the psalmist's petitions to the Lord when in deepest sorrow?(v.9)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What has filled your heart with deep sorrow, recently?
7) When your heart is overwhelmed to whom does your heart cry out?
8) In whom, or what, do you place your hope when your situation seems hopeless?
PRINCIPLES
9) Praising God, in times of distress and adversity, lifts our spirit.
10) We can encourage ourselves by remembering what the Lord has done for us in the past.
11) In deep sorrow, or distress, we can always share our hearts cry with the Lord.
12) When our hearts are overwhelmed, God commands His lovingkindness to wash over us.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
You, O Lord, are my Hope
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Psalm 71:1-8 KJV
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) In whom did the psalmist place his trust and for what reason? (v.1)
2) What six requests did the psalmist make of the Lord? Why? (v.2-4)
3) Who is the Lord to the psalmist and how will he respond to Him? (v.5-6)
4) Who was the psalmist to his enemies? (v.7)
5) What is the psalmist's final request of the Lord in this psalm? (v.8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What do you typically do when facing trouble?
7) Who, or what, do you trust in for deliverance from your troubles?
8) How have your unsaved loved ones and friends treat you when they learn of your trust in Jesus?
PRINCIPLES
9) Our trust in the Lord is never misplaced.
10) The Lord alone is able to deliver us from trouble, or through it.
11) The Lord knows all our ways, therefore He is the only Person worthy of our trust.
Psalm 71:1-8 KJV
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) In whom did the psalmist place his trust and for what reason? (v.1)
2) What six requests did the psalmist make of the Lord? Why? (v.2-4)
3) Who is the Lord to the psalmist and how will he respond to Him? (v.5-6)
4) Who was the psalmist to his enemies? (v.7)
5) What is the psalmist's final request of the Lord in this psalm? (v.8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What do you typically do when facing trouble?
7) Who, or what, do you trust in for deliverance from your troubles?
8) How have your unsaved loved ones and friends treat you when they learn of your trust in Jesus?
PRINCIPLES
9) Our trust in the Lord is never misplaced.
10) The Lord alone is able to deliver us from trouble, or through it.
11) The Lord knows all our ways, therefore He is the only Person worthy of our trust.
Monday, October 13, 2014
You Destroy the Hope of Mortals
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Job 14:14-22
14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What was Job's question about death and what was he waiting for? (v.14)
2) What did Job assume about God concerning prayer? (v.15)
3) What did Job assume about God and his sin? (v.16-17)
4) What did Job assume about the Lord's creation? (v.18-19b)
5) What did Job assume about God concerning humankind? (v.19c-22)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What were your earliest beliefs about God and His creation?
7) Were your beliefs about God, at that time, correct? If not, why not?
9) Name three of Job's assumptions about God that were incorrect? If possible, cite a Scripture that refutes that assumption.
PRINCIPLES
10) God uses tests and trials to bring us to a greater experiential knowledge of His character.
11) If the Lord did not allow tests in our lives, we would never grow to know Him experientially.
12) Head knowledge about Almighty God is no substitute for experiential knowledge.
13) We're most likely to err concerning God's character when we do not know Him through experience and His Word.
Job 14:14-22
14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What was Job's question about death and what was he waiting for? (v.14)
2) What did Job assume about God concerning prayer? (v.15)
3) What did Job assume about God and his sin? (v.16-17)
4) What did Job assume about the Lord's creation? (v.18-19b)
5) What did Job assume about God concerning humankind? (v.19c-22)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What were your earliest beliefs about God and His creation?
7) Were your beliefs about God, at that time, correct? If not, why not?
9) Name three of Job's assumptions about God that were incorrect? If possible, cite a Scripture that refutes that assumption.
PRINCIPLES
10) God uses tests and trials to bring us to a greater experiential knowledge of His character.
11) If the Lord did not allow tests in our lives, we would never grow to know Him experientially.
12) Head knowledge about Almighty God is no substitute for experiential knowledge.
13) We're most likely to err concerning God's character when we do not know Him through experience and His Word.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
A Future with a Hope
Friday, September 5, 2014
Jeremiah 29:10-14
10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What nation(s) had been in captivity in Babylon for seventy years? What was the Lord's promise to them in this verse? (v.10)
2) What were the Lord's thoughts and plans toward/for His captive people ? (v.11)
3) What hope, and promises, did the Lord offer His people? (v.12-14)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you ever experienced the mercy of the Lord, despite your failures? If so, please describe one such time.
5) How did the Lord manifest His love toward you, despite your confessed sin(s)?
6) What was your response to the Lord after He showered favor and blessing on you despite your past failures?
PRINCIPLES
7) The Lord's mercy endures, whether we deserve it, or not.
8) The Lord's faithfulness does not depend upon us, but upon Him!
9) No matter how many times we fail Him, the Lord receives His penitent people.
10) God is absolutely merciful, but He is also absolutely just!
Jeremiah 29:10-14
10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What nation(s) had been in captivity in Babylon for seventy years? What was the Lord's promise to them in this verse? (v.10)
2) What were the Lord's thoughts and plans toward/for His captive people ? (v.11)
3) What hope, and promises, did the Lord offer His people? (v.12-14)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you ever experienced the mercy of the Lord, despite your failures? If so, please describe one such time.
5) How did the Lord manifest His love toward you, despite your confessed sin(s)?
6) What was your response to the Lord after He showered favor and blessing on you despite your past failures?
PRINCIPLES
7) The Lord's mercy endures, whether we deserve it, or not.
8) The Lord's faithfulness does not depend upon us, but upon Him!
9) No matter how many times we fail Him, the Lord receives His penitent people.
10) God is absolutely merciful, but He is also absolutely just!
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