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Ascend with Your Family

Fam Jam Discussion Questions
Week of June 14
Psalm 128

OPENER

  • Take a minute to introduce yourself. Share your name, where you’re from, and what brought you to Harbor.

DISCUSSION
We all picture the blessed life as big, flashy, and somewhere out there but Psalm 128 flips that. God blesses the ordinary: your work, your table, your family, your church. The question isn’t whether you’re living a big enough life. It’s whether you’re walking in his ways through the everyday one.

  • Read Psalm 128:1–2. The psalm ties fearing the Lord to walking in his ways, not just a feeling but a lifestyle. What’s one area of your everyday life where it’s hardest to actually walk in the ways of the Lord?
  • Read Psalm 128:2. Work is framed here as a blessing, not a burden. It’s what a God-fearing life looks like. How does that change the way you think about your job or your daily responsibilities?
  • Read Psalm 128:3. The fruitful vine is planted in the interior courtyard, hidden from the street, not on display. The biggest blessings in our closest relationships happen in the private, everyday moments, not the public ones. Whether you’re married or single, where in your closest relationships are you tempted to perform rather than actually show up?
  • Read Psalm 128:3–4. Kids are described as young olive shoots — not fully formed, still small, but full of potential because they’re connected to the root. What does it look like in your life to invest in the next generation, whether that’s your own kids or someone else’s?
  • Read Psalm 128:5–6. Everyday blessing was never meant to stay contained but to open outward toward community. How have you experienced being blessed by the church community, and where do you see an opportunity to be a blessing?
  • Growing as a Worshipper: This psalm was written to be sung out loud, shoulder-to-shoulder, on the way to Jerusalem — not read alone during your devotional time. What would it look like for your worship of God to be less private and more communal?

ACTION STEP

  • Psalm 128 pictures kids as young olive shoots gathered around the table, and that table is where life actually happens, if you show up for it. What’s one relationship you want to show up to more intentionally this week, and what’s one small step to get there?

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