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1st Sunday of Lent 2/18/18

Reading Guide for Lent
On Sundays we will only read a Psalm and use the reflection questions to help process the passage.

The 1st Sunday in Lent
Sunday February 18, 2018

Psalm Reading:  Psalm 62
Psalm 62
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
2Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3How long will you assault me?
Would all of you throw me down—
this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4Surely they intend to topple me
from my lofty place;
they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
but in their hearts they curse.
5Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
6Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
9Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together they are only a breath.
10Do not trust in extortion
or put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
do not set your heart on them.
11One thing God has spoken,
two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
according to what they have done.”

The Holy Bible : Today's New International Version. 2005. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Reflection Questions:

  1. Once again David writes this Psalm in a time of trouble when some people are trying to get rid of him (we see this in verses 3 and 4).  How does God help him in this time of trouble?  Make a list.
  2. What are ways God can be a help for us?
  3. David says the same phrase twice:  “2Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”  What does this verse mean?  How is that a help in times of trouble?
  1. What does it mean in vs 11 “One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard”?
  2. What has God spoken to you so far in your readings and what have you heard?
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