Dig In Questions:

1) How familiar are you with Psalm 23? Do you remember the first time you heard it? What was the context?

2) Read these verses: 1 Samuel 17; 2 Samuel 5:1–5; 2 Samuel 11:1–12:23. After reading them, how do you think more knowledge of David’s life will give you a better comprehension of Psalm 23?

3) When you hear “The Lord is My Shepherd”, how does that fit into your current view of God? Do you think it should change the way you think about God?

4) Where are you feeling the most unsettled in the hectic nature of life right now?

5) Where are you experiencing a “dark valley” or a “low place” in your life right now? If you’re not, who in your life is? How can you care for that person or for yourself today?

6) Despite all that may be going on in the world or in your life right now, we believe that God hasn’t lost control. If we believe that, why is it so hard for us to remember? How can we remind ourselves during life’s difficult seasons?

7) David sought to dwell in the presence of God, as we all should. On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being that “you struggle to” and 10 being that “you can’t wait to”), how would you rate your desire to dwell in God’s presence?