Invite the Spirit to speak a word to you and then: Read Psalm 34, slowly, aloud. 

What word or phrase stood out to you? 

Why did the Spirit speak that particular word to you, and why did you need to hear that word from the Spirit today? 

Invite the Spirit to speak a word to you and then: Read Psalm 34, slowly, aloud, again. 

Did a different word or phase stand out to you? If yes, why did you need to hear that word from the Spirit? If no, why did the same word take ahold of you? 

Read Psalm 34 slowly, again for the third time. 

Are you (v4) seeking the Lord in the midst of your fear - that he may answer you and deliver you? 

Are you replacing your fear of the virus, fear of the unknown, fear of change with the fear of the Lord (v9)? 

Are you seeking peace and pursuing it (v14), or are you letting fear consume and direct your life?

Are you turning to the Lord in your fear, seeking him, seeking his peace, crying for his help (v17) that he may deliver you and be near to you in your broken-heartedness (v18)?

What is God reminding you of and teaching you through this Psalm?

Listen

No Longer Slaves (Bethel Music)  https://youtu.be/f8TkUMJtK5k 

It is Well with My Soul (arr. Audrey Assad)  https://youtu.be/zY5o9mP22V0 

Prayer:  

God - you gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control. Deliver us from our fears, we pray. Help us to look to you, seek you, fear you alone. 

Let us taste and see that you are good. Let us pursue your peace. Help us take refuge in you, come to you, and listen to you. 

Let your praises be continually in our mouths. Consume us with passion for you that there is no room for our fear. Teach us, speak to us, and deliver us - we pray.