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Have you found your psalm yet?

Gratitude & Awe & Dependence

BIG IDEA (RIDDLE): What is sweet, shines, and provides safety for those seeking to find their way in life?

5-minute Meditation on Psalm 119: 97-120
Read, circle words, underline phrases
Then answer What and So What?

Psalm 119: 97-120
97 Oh, how I love your law!
I meditate on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
and make me wiser than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
for I obey your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path
so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not departed from your laws,
for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from your precepts;
therefore I hate every wrong path.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.
106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it,
that I will follow your righteous laws.
107 I have suffered much;
preserve my life, Lord, according to your word.
108 Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,
and teach me your laws.
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,
I will not forget your law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me,
but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees
to the very end.
113 I hate double-minded people,
but I love your law.
114 You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word.
115 Away from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commands of my God!
116 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live;
do not let my hopes be dashed.
117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered;
I will always have regard for your decrees.
118 You reject all who stray from your decrees,
for their delusions come to nothing.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;
therefore I love your statutes.
120 My flesh trembles in fear of you;
I stand in awe of your laws.

What did God reveal to you?



THE WORD is SWEET like HONEY
v. 103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

THE WORD SHINES LIGHT like a LAMP
v. 105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

THE WORD PROVIDES SAFETY like SHIELD and REFUGE
v. 114 You are my refuge and my shield;I have put my hope in your word.

Do you believe that the Word of God tastes, guides, and protects better than anything else?

"The world is full of seemingly sweeter, shiner and safer things than God’s Word, but they never fully satisfy." --Bernard Harrision Ruest

Blessed (Satisfied) are those who keep his statues (Word) and seek Him with all their heart. Psalm 119:2

Jesus is the Word (the Bread, the Light and Good Shepherd) to guide us along the path of life.

Communion 1 Corinthians 11:23-29

Examine where you are with God & His Word
Acknowledge God’s love & your sin
Believe Jesus died for you
Commit to following the Spirit and His Word

PCC Benediction
May you jump into the arms of Jesus.
And may He push you out into the world.
May you be healed as you participate in the healing of others.
Not because you must, but because you may.
This is why we were born!

Beyond Sunday
There may not be a better tribute to the Holy Scriptures than the one that is provided in Psalm 119. Every verse in Psalm 119 exalts the Word of God and the God of the Word. During this 10-week summer series, Finding The Way, we get back to the basics of allowing Scripture to help us grow in gratitude, awe, and dependence on God and His Word. In doing so, we believe it will guide us in the best way we should go in whatever comes our way. This week in Psalm 119:97-120, we focus on how finding the way involves something that is sweet, shines, and provides safety.

1. Where are you with gratitude, awe, and dependence? Which is easier or harder to lean into? Which one do you want more of?

2. Read Psalm 119:97-104. What is the psalmist’s attitude (gratitude, awe or dependence)? How has he benefited from the law (Word of God)? Why do you think he uses the term “honey” to depict his sweet view of the law? If not “honey,” how would you describe the law to another?

3. Read Psalm 119:105-112. What is the psalmist declaring? Note how he depicts the law as a lamp that shines direction in His life. How has this been so in your life? What are 3-5 key ways that the Word of God has illuminated your life? What hinders the Word from shining direction in your life?

4. Read Psalm 119: 113-120. What is the psalmist in need of? Who does he call his refuge and shield? How does this relate to when he says, “I have put my hope in your Word?” How has the Word provided you with safety and shelter?

5. Write a prayer asking God to make the Word taste sweeter than all other things, to be your guiding light, and to provide you with safety and shelter as you journey the path of life.

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Resource: (see link below)
RightNow Media : Psalm 119 - Matt Chandler Video/Study Question

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