PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY GROUP

Week of July 19

Sermon Discussion

Each week, we share how the Lord used His Word from Sunday’s sermon in our lives.

Psalm Discussion

Every Summer, our community groups have the blessing of reading the Psalms together. Each meeting, groups will focus on one Psalm by reading it aloud and discussing it together.  You may (but are by no means required to) prepare by reading the Psalm for the week ahead of time and meditating on what God is revealing through it.

Groups may, for various reasons, get off of the provided schedule.  This is OK. Reach out to your community group leader if you have questions about which Psalm your group will be covering each week.

  • Week of July 19: Psalm 107 (Let the Redeemed Say So)
  • Week of August 2: Psalm 110 (Sit at My Right Hand)
  • Week of August 16: Psalm 111 (Great Are the Works of the Lord!)
  • Week of August 30: Psalm 119 (O How I Love Your Law!)
  • Week of September 13: Psalm 124 (We Have Escaped)
  • Week of September 27: Psalm 130 (If You, O Lord, Should Mark Iniquities)
  • Week of October 11: Psalm 136 (For His Steadfast Love Endures Forever)
  • Week of October 25: Psalm 139 (You Have Searched Me and Known Me)

Scripture Memory

The Scripture memory passage is Psalm 121 (ESV).

(1) I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? (2) My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (3) He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. (4) Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (5) The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. (6) The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. (7) The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. (8) The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Prayer

At each meeting, we share updates about the circumstances through which the Lord is growing our faith. Together, we pray for enduring faith and for joy in Christ through all things. This week, in particular, we also want to be praying for the following items.

  • That the Lord would provide wisdom as we seek to work toward planting a church in His timing. Pray that the Lord would raise up qualified men who would lead this church plant.
  • Pray for our gospel partners in South America as they await the arrival of their second child and make decisions about whether to return to America for the delivery.
  • Pray that the Lord would be softening the hearts of many children toward the Lord as we prepare for our Vacation Bible School.