CONNECT: How could you show humility and demonstrate grace on your Frontline this week?

WARM-UP

1. When people of the world face troubles or hardships, where or what do they turn to?

Read Psalm 144:1-4

1. In hard times or struggles, what can be our first impulse? Where does David begin in this Psalm?
2. How does David describe the Lord in these verses? How does this give you comfort in times of trouble?
3. How are human beings described in these verses? In what ways can you see this in the world? What are God’s actions towards human beings?

Read Psalm 144:5-11

1. Is there any place or area in creation that God’s authority doesn’t reach? How is God’s authority described in these verses?
2. Why is God the most qualified person to save? Is there anything that we can do to save ourselves? How then can we receive God’s salvation?
3. How is God’s plan for salvation for us ultimately revealed? Who and what are the ultimate enemies? How are we saved from them?
4. What is the response to receiving God’s rescue?

Read Psalm 144:12-15

1. What are the covenant promises that God made to Abraham? Where can we see these in this Psalm?
2. Why don’t we experience these blessings in all their fullness right now? When will we?
3. How can the future hope of these things give us contentment in this life now? How can these promises help us when we face life’s uncertainties?
4. On your frontlines, where could you demonstrate this joy and contentment that comes from being in relationship with a faithful God?

APPLY:  How are you enjoying being in relationship with our sovereign and faithful God?

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On Your Frontline This Week: Who do you see quietly following Jesus on their frontline? It might be a great opportunity to encourage them.

Listen, Watch, and Read:          

• Psalm 144 by Peter Orr
• God’s Sovereignty Brings Hope In Despair by Andrea Them
• Are you ‘Practising the Presence of God?’ by Peter Adam
• Psalm 107:1-150:6 by James Hely-Hutchinson
• Use to be Made of the Doctrine of Providence (Institutes of Christian Religion I.XVII) by John Calvin