Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words law, statutes, testimonies, decrees.
Reading
Psalm 119:1-8—I Seek You, LORD
Keys for kids
- Psalm 119 is full of terms of God’s instruction like law/precepts.
- Psalm 119 is full of 1st and 2nd person singular pronouns.
- Psalm 119 helps us talk to and love the Lord better.
Questions
- What are many terms of God’s instruction?
- How does Psalm 119 help us talk to God?
- How does Psalm 119 teach us about God?
Notes
(See below for all authors)
I think, for our joint service at Black Forest Reformed Church, the sermon will be from Psalm 119. Powlison asks, When you hear the words “Psalm 119,” what are your first associations? … I suspect that your heart does not immediately come up with the following … Psalm 119 is where I go to learn how to open my heart about what matters, to the person I most trust. I affirm what I most deeply love. I express pure delight. I lay my sufferings and uncertainties on the table. I cry out in need and shout for joy. I hear how to be forthright without self-righteousness. I hear how to be weak without self-pity. I learn how true honesty talks with God: fresh, personal, and direct; never formulaic, abstract, or vague. I hear firsthand how Truth and honesty meet and talk it over. This Truth is never denatured, rigid, or inhuman. This honesty never whines, boasts, rages, or gets defensive. I leave the conversation nourished by the sweetest hope imaginable. I hear how to give full expression to what it means to be human, in honest relationship with the Person who made humanness in his image. …
Powlison then says the Psalm is full of this thought: I, your servant, talk to you, LORD, who speaks and acts, whom I need and love.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 119a, 85a
Prayer
- Talk to the Lord, who speaks and acts, whom you need and love.
- Pray for the reading and preaching of God’s word tomorrow.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.