Psalm 124

Psalm 123

Discussion Questions:

1) Is there a time in your life when you’ve felt like the Psalmist feels in Psalm 123?

2) Is it ever tempting to think that God doesn’t want to show you mercy? Why?

3) How have you personally experienced the Lord’s mercy?

Psalm 122

Psalm 121

1) Where are some wrong places you are tempted to look for help when trouble comes? How have they let you down?

2) If you had a powerful, wise, good, loving bodyguard helping and protecting you all the time—day and night—how would that change the way you lived? Why don’t we live that way as Christians? How can we live that way more than we do?

Psalm 120

Philippians 2:1-13

How long do you leave your Christmas lights up?

Read John 1:1-14.  What similar points can you find between this passage and Philippians 2:6-11?  What unique points do you see in John 1?

Do you know of other believers who have been good examples of selflessness?  Why are they so encouraging to us?

Spiritual growth never happens in a straight line.  Sometimes it’s great and sometimes it’s stagnant or even feels like regression.  What’s common to those periods that seem great?  That seem stagnant?

Matthew  1:1-17

1) Read Psalm 51—what do we learn from David about how we should view our sin from this Psalm? Does this shed any light on why God calls David “a man after my own heart” in Acts 13:22?

2) Must we reach a certain level of sanctification before God uses us to accomplish His purposes? If not, does anything change about how God uses us as we grow in sanctification?

Galatians 5:16-26

1) How can you see the fruit of the Spirit growing in your life? Is there an attribute that doesn’t come naturally to you that you’ve especially seen God’s Spirit grow in you?

2) How can we help the fruit of the Spirit grow in each other’s lives?

Galatians 5:1-15

1) What was your definition of the word “freedom” when you walked into church this morning’? Was that challenged by this passage?

2) How have you experienced true Christian freedom in your life?

3) What is the biggest challenge to us standing firm in true freedom as Christians today?

Galatians 4:21-31

Discussion Questions:

1) Have you ever tried to take your salvation into your own hands? What was the result?

2) Can you think of someone or something that has tempted you to turn away from grace back to law?

3) How can we practically “get rid of” the people or things in our life that might tempt us to do that?