Describe a time of great disappointment in your life. How did it feel? How did you respond to what disappointed you?
Read Psalm 13 and 77. What do you notice about the negative emotions of the authors of these psalms? How are these emotions directed as worship? When have you felt like this?
In each of these psalms there is a turning point. Where is the turning point in each psalm and how does the author pivot?
Read Psalm 22 and 23 as one. How does 22 and 23 pivot in the same way? What do you notice about the expressions of trust?
Describe a time when you have had to trust in God even when things were bad? How can Philippians 4:4–8 help you in this choice of trust?