Call to worship:
1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.Psalm 63:1-4
Gathering Video
Questions for reflection:
This Psalm comes with a story…What about the story of David is surprising to you?
How has God used people in your life?
If this Psalm teaches us prayer and points us to Christ, what do you learn about both?
Corporate Prayer:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever, amen.
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Notes//Quotes//Slides:
Psalm 142:1-7
1 Sam 22:1
Abraham debated.
Moses protested.
Jeremiah worried.
And Elijah basically whined.
But Jonah? Jonah ran.
It's a reminder that arguing with God is not an obstacle to intimacy with God,
but a primary channel into it. - Sharen Hodde Miller
A portrait of the righteous in the Psalms tells the true story: they find their refuge in God and, as a result, receive a righteousness from him that increasingly characterizes their lives. They also anticipate the coming of the Righteous One, in whose mouth the psalmists’ words find their ultimate fulfillment. Christopher Ash
1 Sam 22:2-3
“Not only that, but all who were down on their luck came around—losers and vagrants and misfits of all sorts. David became their leader. There were about four hundred in all.” - Eugene Peterson
2 Cor 4:6-12, 2 Cor 4:16-18