# Psalm 46 Bible study questions

> God is a refuge and strength, even if the earth shakes. There is a river that makes God’s city glad. Be still, and know that I am God.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/group-questions/psalm-46
10 questions for a small group or a leader. Read the chapter aloud first: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/46.md

## Start here

1. What is the loudest place you spend time in?

## Look: what does it say?

2. What frightening things does the psalm imagine happening? (Psalm 46:2-3,6)
3. What is God called in this psalm? (Psalm 46:1,7,11)
4. What does God do to wars and weapons? (Psalm 46:9)

## Understand: what does it mean?

5. The psalm does not say trouble won’t come. What does it say? (Psalm 46:1-2)
6. Be still sounds calm. In context, God is stopping wars. What does “be still” mean here? (Psalm 46:9-10)
7. What does it mean to call God “a help always found in times of trouble”? (Psalm 46:1)

## Live it: what will we do?

8. What feels like it is shaking in your life right now? (Psalm 46:2-3)
9. When could you stop and be still this week, even for 5 minutes? (Psalm 46:10)
10. Who do you know who needs a refuge? How could you point them to God? (Psalm 46:1)

## Close in prayer

Sit in silence for a minute together, then pray the last verse aloud.

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