Summer Mixtape: Psalm 139

ICEBREAKERS:

-Take a minute for everyone to introduce themselves, and ask why they joined your rGroup and what they hope to get out of the rGroup this season.

-Take a poll of the group:  If someone tells you, "I have good news and bad news," which do you want to hear first?  Why?


For some people, Psalm 139 sounds like really good news; for others, it sounds like really bad news.


READ vs 1-4
1- David makes it obvious that God knows EVERYTHING about you.

-Is that good news to you, or bad news?

-Why is that a good thing? 
(Don't we all have a deep desire to be known?  To not have to be a fake or a fraud around people, to just be ourselves?  Don't you like relationships like that, and desire more?)

-Why do some think that's a bad thing? 
(If most people in our lives knew EVERYTHING about us, they would judge us, reject us, probably think we are crazy, and may not even want to associate with us anymore.  Do you think that God would respond the same way?)


READ vs 5-6
2- Despite knowing EVERYTHING about you, God still draws near to you

-What is your response when you find out something negative about someone else?  (Do you tend to reach out and offer help, disconnect, give the cold shoulder, automatically forgive, ignore it)

-What does the Bible teach us about how God responds to our sin when we confess to Him through prayer?


READ vs 7-12
3- God knows EVERYTHING about you because there is no where you can go that is outside of His presence and reach

-Is that good news to you, or bad news?

-One of our greatest feelings of concern in life is being alone.  Share an example of a time in life where you felt alone and isolated.

-Knowing that God's presence is promised to us always, how does that affect the words we say, the way we treat others, the things we do, and the thoughts that we have?


READ vs 13-16
-David says that God has a book with every moment of your life recorded in it even before your first moment is lived.  

-Is that good news to you, or bad news?

-Identify the chapters of the book that would have been in David's book:
(Being a shepherd boy, killing Goliath, being crowned king, many great victories in battle, adultery, murder, lies and cover-ups)


-Despite God knowing EVERYTHING about his life, why is David so upbeat and happy in this Psalm?

-How does that relate to your life today?  Why is it so incredible that God knows EVERYTHING about your life?

-What are the specific ways that God responded to that kind of knowledge about you?
(Loved you where you were as a sinner, loved you too much to leave you there hopeless, gave Jesus to die for your sins, sent the Holy Spirit to equip and lead and guide your life, gave you purpose and joy and satisfaction in life)

-What does communion specifically communicate to you about God's response to knowing EVERYTHING about you?