Sermon Discussion Guide: 6/15/25

SERMON RECAP

Title: When you don't want to sing...

Text: Psalm 42

Question: What are we to do when we don't feel like singing?

Outline:
I. The Experience: God feels absent
II. The Factors: Disoriented by life
III. The Response: Controlling what you can

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Have you ever felt like God was distant, absent, or uncaring? Share your story.

2. What circumstances or trials are the most difficult for you to make sense of or to be okay with?

3. What factors in life can make weathering trials and suffering even more difficult?

4. How has the company you keep, good or bad, impacted your perception of God or your circumstances in life? Explain.

5. How are you pursuing deep and intentional relationships at North Park in preparation for the next trial that will inevitably come? Do you need to put in more effort?

6. Share about a season you've been in, or are in, where God is calling you to wait upon Him. What has He or is He teaching you through the waiting?

7. How does Jesus speak into the problem of our suffering? Speak truths and promises out loud about the hope we have in Christ.