Easy-to-lead, 6-session Bible study exploring love, temptation, guilt and fear from the Psalms that will retune your heart to what God thinks and wants. Part of the bestselling Good Book Guide series, with over 1 million copies sold.
Part of the Good Book Guides series.
This 6-session Bible study by Tim Chester explores love, temptation, guilt and fear through the Psalms. You'll take a thematic journey through selected psalms, rather than attempting to gain a complete understanding of each of these Spirit-inspired songs. Each session focuses on aspects of the psalms that relate to our emotional response to the God who loved us and gave himself for us in Christ.
Flexible and easy to use, this Good Book Guide is perfect for groups and individuals. A concise Leader’s Guide is included in the back. There are optional bonus sections if you have extra time, including icebreaker ideas.
Each session of this Bible study will draw you to…
Introduction
1. A Song for Sleepless Nights (Psalms 3 and 4)
2. A Song for When Sin Seems Good (Psalm 16)
3. A Song for When We Want to Run Away (Psalm 18)
4. A Song for Dark Days (Psalm 23)
5. A Song for When We Are Afraid (Psalm 27)
6. A Song for Secret Guilt (Psalm 32)
Leaders' Guide
| Contributors | Tim Chester |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781802541885 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | January 2027 |
| Dimensions | 5.5" x 8.3" x 0.2" |
| Weight | 3.53 oz |
| Print size | 9.0pt |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 56 |
| No. of studies | 6 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
I love this small group study guide series from The Good Book Company. Christians are regularly told they should spend more time studying God’s Word, but sometimes there’s not a clear plan for how to do this. These study guides provide practical, step-by-step guidance on working through books of the Bible, along with wonderful questions that encourage reflection and application. I hope churches and Christian ministries will take advantage of this wonderful resource.
The aim of the The Good Book Company is to be biblical, relevant and accessible, and nothing embodies that ethos more than their Good Book Guides. Each guide provides a framework for your group to dig into the text of Scripture for itself while providing enough of a steer to keep you on track plus useful pointers towards application. The result is a great combination of fidelity to Scripture and ease of use.
The Good Book Guides are an immensely precious resource for the church. A careful blend of helpful context and clearly-worded, searching questions which aim to help readers to uncover the meaning of the text and apply it in responsible ways. I think these small group studies are the best available and pray that they will continue to prove helpful to local churches across the world!
I am currently using Souls Songs with the Home group which I lead. Having used many of the Good Book Guides I would say that this is one of the best ones. Tim Chester has made these wonderful Psalms from the first book of Psalms (Psalms 1-41) so relevant to us. I love the way that he takes a theme for each Psalm (When we want to run away, a Song for Sleepless nights etc) which we can relate to. I come away from each study feeling that I did not really know the Psalm before and now it is one of the greatest! On the face of it these are familiar passages but there is depth, application and challenge here. Thank you for this helpful guide.
Great guide book for Psalms. Most of the questions have led to thoughtful comments in the group.
I highly recommend Good Book studies as excellent resources for understanding the Bible in context and applying it for Christian living! Psalms are Christian favourites and this selection will help you relate to God better as you grow in the knowledge of and love for him!
We're using this for a group Bible study. There are more than enough questions (and further research tasks) to keep us engaged. The first study went well, inspite of this being a very familiar psalm.
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We have been using these studies for our home group via Zoom during lockdown. We have found them to be a real blessing and have worked well over zoom. The Psalms chosen are very appropriate for a time when many are anxious. Each group member had their own copy so they could look through it before the Zoom call, and it was very manageable that way.
There is a useful selection of Psalms and some of the questions were helpful. I found it a useful support as a leader of the group. Very good on application and prayer sections.
Some of the headings for each section, I felt did not really represent the overall message of the Psalm.( Eg Psalm 18 is more about the nature of God rather than someone trying to run away -ditto Psalm 16) this was a bit of a distraction.
Some questions could be rephrased and too much content - we did psalm 3 one week and Psalm 4 the next week. Bearing 8n mind most small groups meet after a long day at work etc for most people.
A study of encouragement for women with many challenges and problems. An opportunity to discover how relevant the Psalms are to women in 2019. From even the first chapter our Bible study group is excited about what God will teach us and how to put it into practice and grow to be better disciples of Christ.
At the moment, I am using this book for my own devotions. I am finding this book to be a great way to get back some clarity and confidence of how God helps, loves, and teaches us as we go through the life experiences covered in this book. It has it's challenges too and it will encourage growth and maturity in your walk with God. I recommend this book both for personal and group study.
The study guides are perfect for individual and also for groups. Questions are designed for the reader(s) to think deeper and understand how relevant the entire bible is to our own lives.
