Bible Truth Daily Devotion

July 8, 2010

July 9, 2010: Friday Night Fellowship Study Guide

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July 9, 2010 Friday Night Fellowship Study Guide

Psalm 24 (Sunday) Treasures of the World

  1. What lines of this psalm indicate a procession into the city (see 1 Ch 15:25-29)?
  2. What does David stress about God in verses 1-2?  How does that relate to his question and answer (vv. 3-4)?
  3. What is meant by “clean hands and a pure heart”?

Psalm 25 (Monday) Compassion and Loving-kindness

  1. In which verse does David ask God for protection from his enemies?  What sort of enemies did he face?
  2. In which verse did David ask for guidance? What characterizes God’s “path” (v.5)?  Who will God guide?
  3. In which verse did David ask for forgiveness?  Does God have a bad memory (v.7)?  To what aspect of God does David make his appeal?
  4. What are you most in need of today: protection, guidance, or forgiveness?
  5. God promises to guide those who admit their sin, humble themselves, obey his covenant, and live in awe of him.  Can anyone hope to be guided?

Psalm 26 (Tuesday) How to Walk in Faith

  1. What does “blameless” mean (vv. 1, 11)?  Faultless?  Sincere?  From what you know of David, what “grade” would you give him on the Lord’s test (v.2)?
  2. Given a “sincerity scale” of 1 to 10, how would you score on the Lord’s test? Why?

Psalm 27 (Wednesday) Power of Overcoming Heartache & Hopelessness

  1. If you could ask “one thing” of the Lord, and have it granted, what should it be?  Why don’t you ask?
  2. What three qualities of God does David recall in verse 1?  What do you think he means by each?  In what ways might these verses reflect David’s life experiences?
  3. How has the Lord been like a “light” or a “stronghold” in your life this past month?  What situation has driven you to him to find shelter?

Psalm 28 (Thursday) Life and Death Situation

  1. When you call on your best friend for help, what do you need most:  A listening ear? A handout? A detailed game plan? Companionship?  Why?
  2. What is David’s main concern (vv.1-5)?    A premature death? A miscarriage of justice? A plea for mercy?  Why do you think so?
  3. When have you been as desperate as David (vv. 1-5)?  As confident as David (vv. 6-7)?
  4. Music helps David better express his feelings to God (28:7, 27:6, 26:7) How about for you?  What words, song or poetry best sums up how you are feeling about God?

The Life and Death Situation

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Psalm 28

 

 

Have you experienced a life and death situation?  Who did you call out for help?  Today’s psalm is David’s cry for deliverance. 

 

Commentary:

Psalm 28:1.  The pit is a dug-out hole in the ground.  It can be used as a grave.  The psalmist is about to lose his life; he urgently calls for the help of the Lord.

Psalm 28:3. God does not drag the righteous away along with the wicked.  People sometimes think that way because they do not hear the voice of God or no longer feel the leading of God.  Although the view is mistakenly created, voicing it out to God is certainly better than to bottling it inside or passing it onto others. 

Psalm 28:4-5.  Like many people, the psalmist has an innate dislike for the wicked.  He appeals to the righteousness of God and petitions God to judge the wicked.  He is confident that God will punish the wicked and uphold justice. 

Psalm 28:6.  The psalmist went on to bless God because God had answered his prayer.  The phrase “has heard the voice” means that God had taken action on what he prayed about. 

How can the palmist bless the Lord?  To bless the Lord is to praise Him.  Verses 7-8 are his praises to God.

Psalm 28:9. Having been rescued by God and having given praises to God, the psalmist moves on to implore the people.  Obviously, David is God’s sheep.  Being the king of his nation, David wants to make sure that others would receive the blessings from God as well.  He wants the salvation and the blessing of God to come his people.  The way to be blessed is to be God’s sheep.  He desires the Lord to become their shepherd “also.” 

 

Meditation:

David hated wickedness.  His desire of God judging the evil doers was strong.  He rejoiced when the Lord uphold justice.  David’s likings and dislikes were crystal clear in the psalm.

Are we like David?  Or do we hide or suppress our feeling toward the wickedness in the world.  Know that any vagueness on our part may compromise our standing in God.  If we have a weak standing and when we are in danger, will God hear what we have to cry out?  Will our Lord let us go down like He let the wicked go to the pit? 

 

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for the example of David.  We pray that we will be clear with where we stand in righteousness.  In Jesus’ name we pray.  Amen.

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