Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15
1. It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2. to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
3. to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.
4. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
12. The righteous flourish like the palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13. They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
14. In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,
15. showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
For Consideration
--What is there in our church that calls out for application
of thankfulness or trust in God’s steadfast love?
-In verse 12 the righteous will flourish. How does this sit with bad things happening to good people?
Genesis 3:8-15
King James Version (KJV)
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
For Consideration:
In verse 10 God asks, "Where are you?" Does Adam answer the question? What is the answer to God's question?
In verse 11 God asks more questions. Does Adam answer any of these? How does Adam respond?
