God Is King, Psalm 103: 19- 22

Kettlebrook Jackson

Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Did you ever have or make a fort as a child? If so, what do you remember most about making forts? 2. What broader stories have influenced how you see the story of your own life? 3. Read Psalm 103:19-22. What sticks out to you as you read this text? 4. In Psalm 103, David describes God as Forgiving, Compassionate, Father, and King. Which of these four specific characteristics resonate most with you and why? Do you struggle with any? Why or why not? 5. One of the downsides of sitting on our own thrones is the burden that goes with it. What might the stresses and pressures in your life reveal to you? 6. When we sit on the throne of our own life, we are also can see others as a threat to us. Where/how might this be the case in your own life? 7. Are there areas of your own life that you have built a fort around that you want to be sovereign over instead of God? If so, what areas and why? How might Jesus re-frame this area of life for you? What specifically could you do about it this week?