“ ‘S’ IS FOR SUSTAIN” (Psalm 119:105-120)
Sunday, August 9th, 2026
Discussion Questions:
How is the Gospel a light that is ahead (“not yet”)? Why do we need the light of God’s Word at our feet (“now”) (v. 105)? How does God’s Word help us with every step of our lives? How have you let it change your own steps?
Discuss God as our “shelter” (v. 114). What does that mean? What does He shelter us from? How does this idea inform our evangelism (i.e. how does God-as-shelter help us share the Gospel)?
In what ways are believers “sustained” by God (vv. 116-117)? How are your prayers leaning on Him today? Which of your hopes inspire you to pray, “do not let me be ashamed of my hope”?
“ ‘M’ IS FOR MEDITATION” (Psalm 119:89-104)
Sunday, August 9th, 2026
Discussion Questions:
What do you love about God’s “instruction”? What about it do you find hard to love? Why is “delight” in God’s instruction essential to the Gospel?
Compare vv. 89-91 with the text of Psalm 19. What is the relationship between God’s Word and God’s creation? What are they both telling us about our God?
How do these verses (or all of Psalm 119) shape us for right belief (orthodoxy)? How do they shape us for right behavior (orthopraxy)? Which are you growing in during this season, and which do you need to grow in?
“ ‘K’ IS FOR KEPT” (Psalm 119:81-88)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2026
Discussion Questions:
What are the promises of God that you find yourself longing for, even dying for? When have you experienced the end of a wait, and how has that shaped your testimony? How should we pray—and how should we believe—while longing still?
Explain the “wineskin” simile. (See v. 83.) Do you relate to it today, or can you tell a story of a time in your life when you have felt like that? What Scriptures, prayers, songs, practices, or teachings helped you in that season? How can we comfort brothers and sisters who are in their own “wineskin” seasons?
Who, in your life, could be counted as a “persecutor”? What might a lack of persecutors say about our lives (meaning, What does it say about our obedience to Jesus’ callings)? How can the “help me” prayer (v. 86) increase our confidence in the face of antagonism?
“ ‘T’ IS FOR TURNAROUND” (Psalm 119:49-80)
Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Discussion Questions:
How is God’s Word comforting? Why should we consider God’s commands a comfort for our lives? How does the truth of His Word help us breathe deeper (so to speak)?
What things are on the “ought to do” list of vv. 57-64? What things would you add to a list of what believers ought to do, based on what else you know from the Bible? Which of these do you personally need to begin to obey quickly? What does our obedience say about our belief?
How is the Gospel a turnaround? How does your story testify to a Gospel turnaround? How can you tell it in such a way that it invites others to consider believing the Gospel, too?
“ ‘H’ IS FOR HELP” (Psalm 119:33-48)
Sunday, July 19th, 2026
Discussion Questions:
Where have you looked for help, as you have tried to read and understand the Bible? What has worked, and what hasn’t? How have you prayed for help, and how does God answer that prayer?
What do you know and believe about the Holy Spirit? How is He our “Helper”? When have you needed—and when have you seen, known, or felt—the Holy Spirit’s help in your life?
How do vv. 40 and 41 resemble a Gospel prayer? Which Gospel promises have helped you the most (and when)? How do the following verses (vv. 42-48) speak to the life we are called to live, in Christ?
“ ‘D’ IS FOR DISTINCTION” (Psalm 119:17-32)
Sunday, July 12th, 2026
We apologize for the interrupted recording.
Discussion Questions:
Why should we ask the Holy Spirit to “open our eyes” when we open the Bible? What does it mean to see God’s “wondrous things,” and what can they mean for your life?
How is the Psalmist—and how are you—a “resident alien on the earth”? Does that truth comfort you or challenge you, and why? How does life in the Word help us live with heaven in mind, and how is that lived out practically?
How does God’s Word help us when we are “down in the dust"“? What does it mean to be strengthened through the Word? How do its truths, promises, and instructions raise us to life? Which truths, promises, or instructions come to mind when you consider this?
“ ‘A’ IS FOR ASPIRATION” (Psalm 119:1-16)
Sunday, July 5th, 2026
Discussion Questions:
What are some of the things the Bible says about itself? What do we believe about the Bible as the Word of God? What do we have a hard time believing or understanding? Why does getting this right—why does believing the Bible’s truth—matter?
What are the “two ways”? (Compare today’s reading with Psalm 1.) How does belief, obedience, and submission result in happiness?
What does it mean to “keep” God’s Word? What other verbs, actions, and practices are described in vv. 9-16? Which one(s) can you grow in during this season?