Trust & Thanksgiving

Trust & Thanksgiving
Psalm 20

• A Prayer of Blessing for the King
• Confidence in Answered Prayer
• Trust Feeding Thanksgiving

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion

1. Read Psalm 20. Who is offering this prayer? What are they requesting? How might we offer a similar prayer for our political leaders?
2. The “name” of God is referenced three times in this psalm? What is the significance of the “name of the Lord”? Compare with Proverbs 18:10.
3. How can the psalmist be so sure of answered prayer in verse 6? What gives us assurance today of answered prayer?
4. How might this psalm be applied to Christ and the church?
5. How does trust (growing in trust; living by trust) feed thanksgiving? What is the core nature of thanksgiving?

Memory Verse of the Week: Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. (ESV)