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Rooted: Psalm 1
May 31st 2026

Ice Breakers: What’s a food you hated as a child but love now?

1. Who or what is shaping you most right now?

Psalm 1 warns against being formed by the counsel of the wicked and the seat of scoffers. Looking at your actual week—not your ideal week—whose voices have the greatest influence on your thinking, attitudes, and priorities?

Follow-up:

• Which podcasts, shows, social media accounts, news sources, friends, or coworkers most shape you?

• Are those influences helping you delight in God or pulling you away from Him?

• Compare with Romans 12:2.

2. What does “sitting in the seat of scoffers” look like in our culture?

The sermon emphasized that scoffing is often encountered through media rather than face-to-face relationships.

Follow-up:

• Where do you regularly encounter cynicism, mockery of holiness, or ridicule of biblical truth?

• Have you become accustomed to something that once bothered your conscience?

• How can Christians remain engaged with unbelievers without being shaped by unbelief? (See John 17:15–18.)

3. What would it look like for you to delight in God’s Word this week?

Psalm 1 doesn’t merely call us to read Scripture but to delight in it.

Follow-up:

• What is the difference between reading the Bible out of duty and reading it with delight?

• Can you remember a season when God’s Word felt especially sweet or life-giving?

• What practical step could help you spend more time meditating on Scripture this week? (Psalm 119:97–103)

4. Where do you most need deep roots right now?

The tree in Psalm 1 remains fruitful even during drought.

Follow-up:

• What “heat” or “drought” are you experiencing right now—stress at work, parenting challenges, health concerns, loneliness, financial pressure, temptation, grief?

• How might being rooted in God’s Word help you face that challenge differently?

• Read Jeremiah 17:7–8 and compare it with Psalm 1.

5. What fruit is God producing in your life?

A healthy tree produces fruit over time.

Follow-up:

• Where have you seen growth in the last few years?

• What fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23) do you see increasing?

• If your spouse, children, roommates, coworkers, or classmates were asked what fruit they see in your life, what would they say?

6. What practical change do you need to make to cultivate deeper roots?

The sermon suggested removing unhealthy influences, praying for delight, and continuing to “taste” God’s Word.

Follow-up:

• Is there a habit, app, relationship, entertainment source, or pattern that you need to reduce or remove?

• What is one concrete change you can make this week?

• Who in this group can help hold you accountable?

7. In what direction is your life moving?

Psalm 1 ends by contrasting two ways, not simply two moments.

Follow-up:

• When you look at the overall trajectory of your life, are you moving toward deeper rootedness in Christ or drifting away from Him?

• What evidence do you see?

• How does the gospel encourage us when we recognize areas where we need to repent and grow? (Philippians 1:6; Romans 8:1)

Closing Reflection:
If your life were represented by one of Psalm 1’s images today, would it look more like a tree with deep roots, a newly planted sapling, a struggling tree in a drought, or chaff blowing in the wind? Why? What is one step you can take this week to put your roots deeper into God’s Word?

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