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How Resurrection People Live
Psalm 30
Romans 8:18
2 Corinthians 4:17–18
John 16:20
Psalm 22:1
1 Peter 1:3
Revelation 21:4
Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning. Psalm 30:5
THREE THINGS PSALM 30 TEACHES US ABOUT RESURRECTION LIFE
- Joy is real — but it is not cheap (vv. 1–5)
- God lifts us out of the pit.
- The morning is coming.
- But the night was real.
- The night is real… and God is in it (vv. 6–10)
- When we are secure, we stop depending.
- When God hides his face, we are terrified.
- But into the silence, WE PRAY.
- Morning always comes and it demands a response (vv. 11–12)
- God turns lament into dancing.
- And the rescue is never just for us
- So that I can sing to you and not be silent.
THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT:
- The Night Is Real
- God Is In It
- Morning Always Comes.
The resurrection does not eliminate the night. It guarantees the morning.
Reflection/Application Questions: Psalm 30
- David says God "lifted him up" from the Pit. What is one specific thing God has rescued you from and have you ever actually stopped to thank him for it?
- Verse 5 promises joy comes in the morning. What would it look like this week to live as someone who genuinely believes that even if you're still in the night?
- When things were going well, David assumed he would "never be shaken." Where in your life right now are you most tempted to coast spiritually because things feel stable?
- David prayed raw, unfiltered, almost argumentative prayers in his darkest moment. When did you last pray something honest - not polished, not performed - just real?
- God "hid his face" and David was terrified. Is there an area of your life where God feels silent right now? What would it mean to keep showing up anyway?
- God did the turning: lament into dancing, sackcloth into gladness. Is there a place where you've been trying to manufacture your own morning instead of waiting on God to bring it?
- Verse 12 says the rescue happened "so that I can sing to you and not be silent." Who in your life needs to hear what God has brought you through and what's keeping you from telling them?
- The resurrection is the ultimate Psalm 30 - death turned to life, the ultimate morning after the ultimate night. How does that change the way you face what's actually hard in your life right now; not someday, but this week?
Time of Response
Take a few minutes of silence. Allow your own thoughts to quiet and be still. Where does the Holy Spirit want you to decrease so that Christ could increase in your life? What part of your life, if reduced, would make more room for you to thrive spiritually?
QUESTIONS TO ASK WHILE READING SCRIPTURE
What does this reveal about God?
What does this reveal about you in relation to God?
What do you need to do about it?
The Covenant Prayer from John Wesley's Covenant Service, 1780 (adapted)
I am no longer my own,
but Yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will.
Put me to doing,
put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for You or laid aside for You,
exalted for You or brought low for You.
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 Your pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
You are mine,
and I am Yours.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.
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How Can I Be Intentional When Reading Scripture?
One Method To Use When Reading Scripture:
The S.O.A.P.S. Method
S.cripture: Write down the Bible passage you will be studying.
O.bservations: Examine the text and write down what you notice and see. Start with the obvious and move to the deeper.
A.pplication: Apply God’s Word to your life in a practical way. What is God saying about Himself, about you and about what He is calling you to?
P.rayer: Respond to God’s Word with your own words.
S.hare: Commit to share what God is showing you with someone else.
- Inductive Bible Study:
- Observation (what does the passage say?)
- What is happening in the passage?
- Who is involved in the passage?
- What happened before and after the passage.
- Where are they located and how is that influencing the passage.
- Interpretation (what does it mean?)
- What is the passage saying considering everything I have observed and what I know from the rest of Scripture
- What does the scripture say within context of the entirety of Scripture?
- Application (how does it apply to my life?)
- What does the passage say about God?
- What does the passage say about me and to me?
- What am I being called to DO because of the passage of Scripture?
How do I talk with God?
WAYS TO PRAY
One Way to talk with God is to:
Pause.
Rejoice.
Ask.
Yield.
ANOTHER OPTION
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication: Requests
