At Home Study Guide For the Week of May 15, 2016
BETHELCHURCH
Today we start a new series in the Psalms. The Psalms provide a wonderful resource of inspiration and instruction for prayer and worship of God. Ezra collected the Psalms which were written over a millennium by a number of authors including David, Asaph, Korah, Solomon, Heman, Ethan and Moses. The Psalms are organized into 5 collections (1-41, 42-72, 73-89, 90-106, and 107-150). As we read the book of Psalms we see a variety of psalms including praise, lament, messianic, pilgrim, alphabetical, wisdom, and imprecatory prayers. The Psalms help us see the importance of God’s Word (Torah) and the hopeful expectation of God’s people for Messiah (Jesus). •
Why is the “law of the Lord” such an important concept in Psalm 1 for bearing fruit as a follower of Jesus?
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In John 15, Jesus says that apart from Him you can do nothing. Compare the message of Psalm 1 to Jesus’ words in John 15. Where are they similar?
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Psalm 2 tells of kings who think they have influence and yet God laughs at them (v. 3). Why is it important that we seek our refuge in Jesus (2:12)?
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Our heart for Bethel Church in this season is that we would saturate ourselves with God’s Word, specifically the book of Psalms. We’ve created a reading plan that allows you to read a Psalm a day or several Psalms per day as well as a Proverb. Please join us in reading and listening to the Psalms together.
Praying the Psalms Psalms 1-2 Pastor Steven Dunkel
Praying the Psalms
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Psalms and Proverbs Reading Plan 1 - Psalm 1, 31, 61, 91, 121 2 - Psalm 2, 32, 62, 92, 122 3 - Psalm 3, 33, 63, 93, 123 4 - Psalm 4, 34, 64, 94, 124 5 - Psalm 5, 35, 65, 95, 125 6 - Psalm 6, 36, 66, 96, 126 7 - Psalm 7, 37, 67, 97, 127 8 - Psalm 8, 38, 68, 98, 128 9 - Psalm 9, 39, 69, 99, 129 10 - Psalm 10, 40, 70, 100, 130
Proverbs 1 Proverbs 2 Proverbs 3 Proverbs 4 Proverbs 5 Proverbs 6 Proverbs 7 Proverbs 8 Proverbs 9 Proverbs 10
11 - Psalm 11, 41, 71, 101, 131 12 - Psalm 12, 42, 72, 102, 132 13 - Psalm 13, 43, 73, 103, 133 14 - Psalm 14, 44, 74, 104, 134 15 - Psalm 15, 45, 75, 105, 135 16 - Psalm 16, 46, 76, 106, 136 17 - Psalm 17, 47, 77, 107, 137 18 - Psalm 18, 48, 78, 108, 138 19 - Psalm 19, 49, 79, 109, 139 20 - Psalm 20, 50, 80, 110, 140
Proverbs 11 Proverbs 12 Proverbs 13 Proverbs 14 Proverbs 15 Proverbs 16 Proverbs 17 Proverbs 18 Proverbs 19 Proverbs 20
21 - Psalm 21, 51, 81, 111, 141 22 - Psalm 22, 52, 82, 112, 142 23 - Psalm 23, 53, 83, 113, 143 24 - Psalm 24, 54, 84, 114, 144 25 - Psalm 25, 55, 85, 115, 145 26 - Psalm 26, 56, 86, 116, 146 27 - Psalm 27, 57, 87, 117, 147 28 - Psalm 28, 58, 88, 118, 148 29 - Psalm 29, 59, 89, 149 30 - Psalm 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 31 - Psalm 119
Proverbs 21 Proverbs 22 Proverbs 23 Proverbs 24 Proverbs 25 Proverbs 26 Proverbs 27 Proverbs 28 Proverbs 29 Proverbs 30 Proverbs 31