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This document provides a summary and study notes for Psalm 84. It discusses how spending time with God through prayer and praise allows believers to go from strength to strength on their journey of faith. Though the path involves valleys and difficulties, God's grace and presence provide renewal and empowerment. Making time with God a priority through regular study and reflection helps believers learn and grow both in and out of season.

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Recent Trends in Psalms Study

This document provides a summary and study notes for Psalm 84. It discusses how spending time with God through prayer and praise allows believers to go from strength to strength on their journey of faith. Though the path involves valleys and difficulties, God's grace and presence provide renewal and empowerment. Making time with God a priority through regular study and reflection helps believers learn and grow both in and out of season.

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Jan.

14, 2018
Strength Training
Psalm 84

1. Renewed ____________.
(Psalm 84:7, Psalm 42:7)

2. Is found in ____________.
(Psalm 84:5, Philippians 4:12-13)

3. For the ____________.


(Psalm 84:1-2 & 5-7, Psalm 100:4)
Study Notes 1/14/18 4. In Psalm 84:3-4, there is a blessing for those who
Psalm 84 “Strength Training” spend time seeking the presence of God (“those who
dwell in your house”). Why does God want you to spend
The Psalmist writes to us about the real elements of time with Him? See also Matthew 6:26 & 33.
our journey of faith. In Psalm 84, we learn our hearts
are on a pilgrimage that involves praying, praising, 5. In Psalm 84:7 we read how believers go from strength
to strength. As you read verses 5-7, what does this
yearning, fainting, and trusting. This journey of faith
mean for your own strength training?
leads us through the deep valleys and into seasons See also Psalm 42:7.
of enjoying the rains of God’s grace. Therefore, our
personal time with God is pretty serious business. 6. In light of the real life seasons that many of us will go
Setting aside time and “showing up” on a regular through, like seasons of disease, difficulty, dilemmas,
basis is what it is going to take for us to keep learn- doubt, and disaster, how have you and how will you set
ing in season and out of season to enjoy God’s pres- your course on the journey of faith? Maybe a better
ence. Seeking, waiting, and finding God’s presence question: on what have you set your heart?
by faith is where the strength comes from. As you See Psalm 84:5.
read this Psalm, personalize and own the words of
each line. Allow God’s Word to direct and build you 7. “Better is one day . . .” How would you finish that
statement? As you read Psalm 84:10, what do the
as He trains you and renews your strength.
words mean? See also Psalm 84:1-2, 4, and Psalm
100. How does a person begin to “cry out for the living
1. Think about this, if Christians have a faith-based
God” or “Shout for joy to the Lord” into our journey of
relationship with God, why do we need to spend time faith?
with Him? What does Psalm 84:2 say about this
“need”. 8. Last week we discussed a method from The Self-
Feeder journal. Did you try working on this during the
2. As you read Psalm 84:6, and think about your past week? Reading a chapter in the Bible and then
own life, how has passing through a discouraging finding the following points and writing them down in a
“Valley of Baca,” robbed you of strength? journal: Key Verse, What Does It Mean, Breakthrough
Thought, Personal Application, Prayer? How did this
3. As you read Psalm 10-11, the psalmist points out model help you feed on the Word of God? Do you have
the draining experience of “dwelling in the tents of another model of Bible study that is more helpful to you
the wicked.” What kinds of experiences empty you during this season of personal growth?
leaving you weak? Which ones fuel your faith?

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