Week 3 Day 4: Psalms of Thanksgiving

Read Psalm107
Personal Bible Study

• Consider verses 4, 10, 17, and 23.  What kinds of trouble were these groups of people in?  
• Consider verses 6, 13, 19, and 28.  What was God's response to each group?
• According to verses 8, 15, 21, and 31, how should these groups of people respond to God's deliverance?
• What has God redeemed you from?
• What wonderful deeds has God done for you?
• How should you respond?

Family Discussion Guide

• This writer says give thanks to the Lord for His is good.  What good things does this writer mention?
• What good things has God done for you?

Daily Reflection Questions

• What fundamental truth does this text reveal?
• How does this text inform the way God intends me to view myself, others, my circumstances, and the world?
• How can I apply the truth of this text to my life in a practical way?

Community Conversation Suggestions

• How does our culture view appreciation?  Do you think it’s different than these writers viewed appreciation?  How?
• How did these Psalms make you feel?  How would you describe the mood in these Psalms?  Do you think being thankful generally improves your mood?  Is that a psychological principle or a Biblical principle?
• When you pray, do you spend more time asking or thanking?

Spiritual Formation Activity
Each day this week, reflect on the following questions:

• What has God provided for me physically?
• What has God provided for me materially?
• What has God provided for me spiritually?
• What has God provided for me circumstantially?

After you make the list, thank God for His provision in your life.  If it’s not your habit, this week, begin your prayers with thanksgiving.

Weekly Memory Verse
Give thanks to the Lord; His love endures forever.  – 2 Chronicles 20:21