Psalm 20 - God Save the King
Recall the difficulties you and your family faced in the past year. How did you face the troubles it brought? Did you run away? Get excited about the new challenges? Grow numb? What difference might turning to prayer have made?
Read Psalm 20:1-5. Here are seven blessings that Jerusalem pronounces over the King of Judah and Israel. What connections are there between them? Are there any patterns? Which ones stand out? Is there an emphasis on one of the blessings?
Read Galatians 6:14 and Philippians 1:18-21. As you consider the legacy you want to leave (e.g., public square, work, family, church), many good things will come to mind that may be places you go to find your hope, happiness, significance, and security. How can you relinquish your possessing of these things and “boast only in the cross”?