Sermon Response Guide
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PRIMARY SCRIPTURE: Psalm 8:1 – 9
Key Points
- God is our all-powerful, Almighty God.
- God’s great power is consistent with God’s good character.
- In the Kingdom of God, those who are weak are made strong.
- We are created by God’s power, sustained by God’s power, and sent out by God’s power.
Memory Verse
Ask God to write this word on your heart this week:
“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.”
- Psalm 8:1 ESV
Questions for Reflection
Take time to reflect and respond to these questions on your own in the presence of the Holy Spirit, or with trusted friends or family members:
1: What does it mean to you that God is not only the Almighty God, but our Almighty God?
2: Why is it important to know God’s power is consistent with God’s character?
3: What does the infinite quantity and quality of God’s power have to do with you?
4: Where are you most desperate for God’s power in your own life?
5: Read 2 Corinthians 12:7 – 10. What do you think it means for God’s power to be “made perfect in weakness?” Why do you think this statement is immediately preceded by the promise, “my grace is sufficient for you?”
6: What has God personally created and cultivated in you that reveals God’s power?
7: How has God empowered you to create and cultivate in the lives of others?
8: Where have you noticed God at work in the world around you lately, and how is God commissioning you to join God at work in the world?
Pray
Lord, we confess that you alone are God Almighty. There is no God but you, and there is no power like yours. Teach us to acknowledge our weakness so we can embrace your holy power, and more importantly, so we can embrace you. Jesus, you made yourself nothing so we would have everything we need for living a godly life in you. Empower us to live with you so we will live like you: poured out in love for God and our neighbor.
references
For those interested in further study, our pastors want to share resources that have aided them in their sermon preparation (in conjunction with the Bible and the Holy Spirit):
· The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer
· Not God Enough: Why Your Small God Leads to Big Problems by J. D. Greear
· Your God is Too Small: A Guide for Believers and Skeptics Alike by J. B. Phillips
· Knowing God by J. I. Packer
· The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century by Mark F. Rooker
· For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship by Daniel I. Block
· Exodus (Apollos Old Testament Commentary Series) by T. Desmond Alexander
· Classic Christianity: A Systematic Theology by Thomas C. Oden
· A Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 3: 90-150 (Kregel Exegetical Library) by Allen P. Ross
· Proverbs (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms) by Tremper Longman III
Find more devotional resources for 2021 here.
