Psalm 57 | Mercy and the Reality of God’s Grace

Psalm 57 | Mercy and the Reality of God’s Grace

Pray

Church of the Week

Salvation Army & Major Lara Wycoff

Missionary of the Week

Local Ministries: Troy and Jackie Tisthammer with InterVarsity Campus Ministry

Suggested Outline for Your Group: 

• Share “God Stories” 

  • Share testimonies of where you have seen God working in your life lately. 

• Read Psalm 34 out loud together

  • Invite a few people to read the verses for the week 

• Go through the Discussion Questions: 

  • Don’t feel like you need to get through them all 

  • Use the ones that are the most helpful in stirring up meaningful conversation 

• Make sure you save enough time to pray together 

  • Share prayer requests 

  • Pray for one another 

  • Thank God for the ways He’s answered the prayers of the group lately 

  • Invite the Holy Spirit to speak through you as you wait on Him 

Discussion Questions: 

• What songs take you back to a moment in your life?

• Have you "found your own story" in the book of Psalms before?

• What would it look like for you to find and pray a daily prayer phrase asking for God's mercy, confessing your dependence on Christ?

  • Suggested Phrases:

    • Psalm 57:1 "Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge;"

    • Psalm 51:1 "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;"

    • The Jesus Prayer "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me"

• Which do you more relate to: the need for a steadfast heart or for an awake heart?

• Consider your daily life, do you believe that your day-to-day actions can fill the earth with the glory of the Lord?

Application

Ask the Lord for help to fill the earth with His glory with your day to day actions this week.