Scripture: Psalm 119:81–96

1. What is going on in your life, or the lives of Christians you know, that gives rise to desperate prayer?
2. What pitfalls are put in your way by others or by your own sinful flesh to trap you?
3. What examples have you seen when following God's Word has brought delight and forgetting God's Word has brought despair or destruction?
4. What is the connection between the character of God and the Word of God? Are you convinced that you can turn to the Word of God in any situation? (If not, what makes that difficult?)
5. What are practical ways you can strengthen your reliance on God through his Word?