By Micah Odor
1. When your brain goes on autopilot, what are some of the not-too-serious things you think about? This could be while driving, doing chores, exercising, making dinner, or other times when your mind isn’t engaged in “brain work.” Make a list as a group.
2. Let’s go one level deeper. What types of things (positive or negative) do you tend to fret about, obsess over, continue to work through, or otherwise revisit again and again?
Ask two people to read aloud Psalm 1 one after the other, preferably from different Bible versions. Then, as a group, paraphrase verses 1 and 2, then verses 3 and 4, and then verses 5 and 6.
3. What progression do you see in verse 1?
• What’s the relationship between these actions?
• What are some hypothetical examples of people today doing each of these three activities?
4. Apart from any kind of divine punishment or reward, why would we be blessed by avoiding the activities in verse 1?
5. Look at verses 3 and 4. Do you think you’re producing more fruit or more chaff?
6. What do you learn about God from this passage?
7. What can you learn about humanity (both the righteous and the wicked)?
8. Based on what we’ve discussed today, what do you think you are doing well?
9. Based on what we’ve discussed today, what could you do differently this week?
10. How will you obey what you’ve learned from this passage?
11. Who needs to hear the principles from Psalm 1, and how will you tell them?
12. Based on our study and discussion, complete the sentence: “This week, I will . . .”
For Next Week: Read and reflect on Psalms 42–43. You can also read next week’s supplemental texts as well as the Study and Application sections as part of your personal study.
Author: Christian Standard
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