Psalm 1 tells us that there are two paths in life: the way of the wicked or the path of righteousness. This Sunday, Rev. Jeremiah Cheung uses this Psalm to remind us that we alone make the choice on which path to take. Let us choose wisely and walk faithfully all the way to the end.

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詩篇 Psalm 1

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1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Share a habit or routine that has helped you stay spiritually grounded during difficult seasons. How did you develop it?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Read the passage. How is the righteous person compared to a tree? What makes his life abundant and fruitful?
• What does the chaff teach about the life of the wicked? How do we see chaff-like living today?

4. Examine the heart (15-20 mins)

• How healthy is the unseen part of your spiritual life (your personal relationship with God when no one else sees)? Which aspects are flourishing, and which ones withering?
• What areas in your life are you choosing your own path instead of surrendering to God’s direction? Where is this coming from?

5. Empower the hands (15-20 mins)

• Do you delight in God’s Word, or do you often treat it as a responsibility or routine? Why do you think that is? What practical habit can you start this week to meditate on God’s Word more intentionally day and night?
• In what ways are you tempted to walk, stand, and sit with ungodly influences instead of following God’s ways? What unhealthy influence, environment, or relationship do you need to say “no” to so you can walk more faithfully with God?

6. Engage with God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Praise the Heavenly Father for leading us into the path of true blessing and life through His Word. Thank Him because He does not leave us lost or directionless, but lovingly watches over the way of the righteous. Rejoice that through His Word, He nourishes our souls like a tree planted by streams of water, giving us strength, stability, and fruitfulness in every season of life. Thank Him for His faithfulness in sustaining us even through trials and challenges, and for allowing us to know Him personally and walk closely with Him.
• Repent for the times you have followed worldly influences, chosen your own path, or allowed sinful attitudes and habits to shape your life. Ask forgiveness for neglecting God’s Word or treating it only as knowledge instead of delighting in it and obeying it wholeheartedly. Confess the ways your roots have become shallow and your heart distracted from intimacy with God. Pray that the Lord would help you reject the path that leads to destruction and continually plant your life deeply in Him, so that you may bear lasting fruit for His glory.

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Read Today’s Scripture Passage

Psalm 1

Life Group Discussion Guide

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1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Share a habit or routine that has helped you stay spiritually grounded during difficult seasons. How did you develop it?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Read the passage. What are the characteristics of the “blessed” person and the “wicked” person? Why are they compared not as a big and small tree, but between a tree and chaff?
• How does Jesus fulfill the picture of the truly blessed man in Psalm 1?

4. Examine the heart (15-20 mins)

• In what ways have you experienced being more like chaff (focused on externals, approval, or temporary things) rather than being deeply rooted in God?
• When you read or hear God’s Word, do you approach it more with delight or with dread? Why do you think that is?

5. Empower the hands (15-20 mins)

• What distractions, sinful patterns, or unhealthy influences keep you from intentionally meditating on God’s Word day and night? What practical step can you take this week to make meditating on God’s Word part of your daily rhythm?
• What specific influence, habit, or environment do you need to reject, flee, or limit so that sin will not slowly take root in your life?

6. Engage with God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Praise the Heavenly Father for showing us the blessed way through His Word and through Christ Jesus. Thank Him because His Word is not empty or burdensome, but life-giving, life-shaping, and life-sustaining. Rejoice that through Jesus Christ, we are no longer condemned by the Law but invited to delight in Him. Thank Him for being the steady stream that nourishes our souls, gives us strength in every season, and produces lasting fruit in our lives.
• Repent for the times you have neglected God’s Word or treated it as a duty instead of a delight. Ask forgiveness for allowing worldly influences, sinful habits, and distractions to shape your thinking more than God’s truth. Confess the ways you have relied on externals, self-effort, or temporary comforts instead of being deeply rooted in Christ. Pray that the Lord would renew your heart so that you may truly delight in Jesus and meditate on His Word day and night with love, humility, and obedience.

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True blessing is not found in circumstances, wealth, or fame — but in a life rooted in God. This Sunday, Rev. Michael Cariño teaches us that the blessed life is defined by three things: the company we reject, the command we relish, and the consequence we receive from God.

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Psalm 1

Life Group Discussion Guide

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1. Magdasal bilang panimula.

2. Engage with one another (15-30 mins)

• Sino ang isa sa mga taong may malaking impluwensya sa buhay mo ngayon? Ano ang isang mabuting bagay na natutunan mo mula sa kanya?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Basahin ang talata. Bakit nagsimula ang Psalm 1 sa mga dapat iwasan ng isang blessed na tao bago banggitin ang mga dapat gawin?
• Paano inilarawan ang blessed na tao at ang wicked na tao gamit ang puno at ipa (chaff)?

4. Examine the heart (15-20 mins)

• Sino o ano ang pinakamalaking impluwensya sa pag-iisip mo ngayon (ang Salita ng Diyos, social media, mga kaibigan, kultura, etc.)? Anong mga boses o impluwensya ang unti-unti nang naging normal sa buhay mo kahit alam mong hindi ito nakakatulong sa relasyon mo sa Diyos?
• Pagnilayan at ibahagi: Deeply rooted in Christ ka ba, o parang chaff na madaling matangay ng hangin? Bakit mo ito nasabi?

5. Empower the hands (15-20 mins)

• Ano ang isang impluwensya, content, habit, o relationship na kailangan mong limitahan, bantayan, o talikuran upang mas maprotektahan ang puso, isip, at kilos mo?
• Anong practical step ang maaari mong gawin upang mas mapalalim ang personal mong relasyon sa Diyos, hindi lang ang kaalaman mo tungkol sa Kanya? Paano ka magiging mas intentional sa pagninilay ng Salita ng Diyos araw at gabi ngayong linggo?

6. Maglaan ng oras para sa pagdadasal (20-30 mins)

• Purihin at pasalamatan ang ating Ama sa langit dahil ang tunay na pagpapala ay hindi nakasalalay sa yaman, tagumpay, o kasikatan, kundi sa isang buhay na nakatanim at nakakapit sa Kanya. Pasalamatan Siya dahil patuloy Niya tayong ginagabayan, inaalagaan, at pinalalago sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang Salita. Magpasalamat kay Jesus Christ, ang perpektong Matuwid na Tao, na nagtagumpay kung saan tayo nabigo upang tayo ay mapatawad, mabago, at maitanim sa tabi ng buhay na tubig. Purihin Siya dahil nakikita Niya, kilala Niya, at ginagabayan Niya ang landas ng mga nagtitiwala sa Kanya.
• Magsisi sa mga pagkakataong mas pinakinggan mo ang mga tinig ng mundo kaysa sa tinig ng Diyos. Humingi ng tawad sa mga impluwensya, gawain, o relasyon na unti-unting naglalayo ng puso mo mula sa Panginoon at nagpapahina ng iyong conviction. Ipagtapat mo ang mga panahong naging mababaw ang ugat ng iyong pananampalataya at mas nagtiwala ka sa sarili mong karunungan kaysa sa Salita ng Diyos. Hilingin mo na bigyan ka ng Panginoon ng pusong nagagalak sa Kanyang Salita, mas malalim na pagmamahal kay Christ, at katatagang manatiling nakaugat sa Kanya anuman ang panahon o pagsubok na dumating sa iyong buhay.

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