Friday, March 6, 2009

Knowing and Enjoying God 12

For a little change of pace in our quest for knowing and enjoying God, let’s do a Bible study together. The following is taken from the New Living Translation Study Bible.

I’ll list a grouping of passages and you identify the group with a title. At the bottom will be the title that the NLT Study Bible suggests. These passages are all taken from the Psalms.

1. 13:5; 21:7; 32:10 52:8; 143:8; 17:7; 36:7
2. 9:10; 29:7; 33:21
3. 31:6, 14; 44:6; 49:6, 13; 52:7
4. 9:9; 25:2; 46:1; 55:23; 57:1; 59:16; 62:8; 78:7
5. 56:3-4, 11; 112:7
6. 112:7; 119:42; 125:1
7. 141:8; 31:19; 37:3, 5; 115:11
8. 7:1; 16:1; 25:20; 26:21; 31:1-2, 4, 19; 34:22; 37:40; 86:2;
9. 2:12; 22:4-5,8; 34:8; 40:4; 84:12
10. 37:7, 34; 38:15; 40:1; 119:84, 166; 130:5-6
11. 5:11; 18:30-36; 28:7; 40:3; 56:4; 64:10




1. The Lord’s loving character leads people to trust in Him.
2. His name and reputation also encourage people’s trust.
3. The godly reject idolatry and any commitment that detracts from their absolute trust in the Lord..
4. For the godly, every adversity in life is an occation for growth in trust
5. They are not afraid of life.
6. Grow more confident.
7. Trust in the Lord is a form of wisdom and is a puirsuit of the Lord’s way.
8. The Lord rescues, cares for and rewards his people who trust in Him.
9. They are blessed.
10. They long for God’s redemption
11. Faith in the Lord gives reason to rejoice and praise the Lord

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