Mark continues our series TAKE HEART by exploring how Psalm 27. This psalm shares surprising instructions on how to take heart in a time of great conflict.

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

1. What is one of your favorite kids’ books? Why do you like it?

2. Mark shared three surprising responses in conflict that we find in Psalm 27. The first was to honor your emotions. Read Psalm 27. What emotions do you find in this psalm? What emotions have been in you recently? What barrier (if any) has there been for you to take those emotions to God?

3. The second response was to set your gaze on the right thing. Read verses 4-5. What does it mean in the modern life “to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple?”

4. The third response is to wait for the Lord. What does it mean to “wait for the Lord,” and what is produced in us if we can “wait for the Lord.”

5. What has stayed with you from the sermon- either as encouraging, confusing, or curious?

6. What is the conflict that is apparent in your life (whether globally, interpersonally, or within)?

Conclude by spending time in prayer, asking for God to help us take heart in the conflicts in our world and lives.