Refuge and Strength

Grand Lake Church

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Read Psalm 46: 1-3
1. In what ways have you known God to be your “refuge and strength,” your “ever-present help in trouble”? Can you describe any seasons of life when you knew God this way?
2. How does knowing God in this way help you to “not fear”? What does not fearing look like in real life?
3. Cindy talked about God “nudging” her to share her testimony. Have you ever felt God nudging you? How did you respond?
4. Read Isaiah 40: 28-31. Why did this Scripture give Cindy so much hope? Does it give you hope? Why/why not?
5. Cindy talked about seeing eagles as “God-wink moments.” What did she mean by that? Have you ever had any “God-wink moments”? Are you willing to share any of those moments with the group?
6. Read Romans 8: 28, 8: 37-39 and 2 Corinthians 12: 8-9. Can you see how these verses might be related to Cindy’s story? How might they impact your own story?
7. Why do you think Cindy was so impacted by Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You Were Dying”? What is the point of that song? How might that song, Cindy’s story, and Scripture impact the way you live going forward?
Wesleyan Covenantal Prayer:
I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low by thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.