Travel Steady Along His Path Part 4

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This was week four of Brian's slow walk through a single verse, Psalms 37:34, which Tribe has been sitting with since the beginning of January. The service opened with extended worship, congregational sharing, and prayer ministry before the message, so what Brian taught was woven through with the room's own voices. The central question was what it actually means to wait on God, grab hold of his...

Read together

1. Psalm 37:34 the central passage studied over multiple weeks, read aloud from the New Living Translation
2. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 quoted by Cathy during worship sharing about God's grace being sufficient and power made perfect in weakness
3. Genesis 7:17-18 read aloud to illustrate the Hebrew word for honor, showing the ark rising above the floodwaters
4. Genesis 9:11 read aloud to illustrate the principle of first mention for the word destroyed, showing flesh being cut off by the flood
5. Hosea 2:15 cited as the address for the Valley of Achor where God places a door of hope in the midst of tribulation
6. Psalm 2 referenced to support the idea of nations as inheritance, ask and I will give you the nations
7. 1 Corinthians 12-14 referenced broadly when explaining praying in the spirit and the gift of tongues as a prayer language
8. 1 Timothy 6 read aloud during the tithe and offering section about godliness with contentment and the love of money
9. Hebrews 11 cited to support the idea that gifts are perfected through practice
10. Philippians 4:6-7 paraphrased by Jay as an example of a promise that requires partnership, do not worry but pray about everything

What was said

• If a picture, memory, or hurt surfaced during prayer this morning, write it down and ask the Holy Spirit whether there is something He wants to address in you.
• If you have been carrying a weakness, fear, or sin in private, confess it to a trusted brother or sister this week, remembering that Brian said something supernatural breaks off when we share rather than hide.
• Spend time this week starting your prayer in English thanksgiving and adoration, then let it move wherever the Holy Spirit takes it, including into a prayer language if that is something you want to pursue.
• If you feel like an area of your life is under enemy occupation, serve that eviction notice this week by naming it before the Lord and asking Him to separate you from it the way the floodwaters lifted the ark.
• Mark June 25 through 28 on your calendar in pen for the Wind River Reservation VBS so your schedule is already cleared when the time comes.

Talk about it

1. Brian talked about the crowds who rearranged their lives to be on the shore when Jesus stepped off the boat. What would it look like practically for you to position yourself that way, and what gets in the way of doing that?
2. Brian described the difference between the logos of God staying in your head and the rhema of God taking root in your heart, and he compared it to an apple seed sitting on a counter versus being planted in the ground. Where have you experienced that shift personally, and what brought it about?
3. Several people shared weakness or something they were holding onto during worship, and Brian said there is something supernatural that happens when we confess to one another rather than keeping things hidden. How have you experienced that, or what makes it hard to do?
4. Brian said God's promises are always guaranteed but not all automatic, and that there is a partnership involved in grabbing hold of them. Can you think of a time when you had to actively participate in receiving something God had promised, and what did that look like?
5. Near the end of the message Brian talked about the gift of tongues as a prayer language and said the enemy would try to scare people away from it. What is your honest reaction to that, and what questions do you still have?