1. Have you ever been lost? What did it feel like to not know where you were or which

       way to go? How did you find your way, and what did it feel like to no longer be lost?

   2. Have you ever struggled with a decision, and felt unsure which way to go? Why do

       you think it often creates so much fear and anxiousness when the path forward

      doesn’t seem clear?

   3. Do you believe there is only one perfect path for your life? Why or why not? Trish

       shared the analogy of relying on a GPS system for navigation. In what ways does this

       provide a helpful framework to us as we think about trusting and relying on God’s

       leading to find our way? In what ways does the analogy perhaps fall short?

   4. In your own life, what kinds of things do you find helpful when you are trying to make

       major decisions? In what ways do you seek God’s direction? In what ways do the 3

       options below help? In what ways can they be challenging for us?

       a. Scripture

       b. Prayer

       c. One Another

   5. What do you expect the ‘right paths’ to look like? What helps you to know that you

       are ‘on the right paths’? Discuss the idea that the right paths are not always easy or

       free of suffering. Do you think this is true?

   6. Psalm 23 includes two very different pictures of what it looks like to follow Jesus.

       The path includes green pastures and quiet waters, but It also includes the darkest

       valley. Does your understanding of what it means that ‘He guides me along the right

       paths” allow space for both? In what ways have you experienced the Lord’s leading

       in paths of rest and refreshment, as well as through the darkest valley? Have you

       ever experienced both realities at the same time?

   7. Where do you think the ‘right paths’ that Jesus guides us along lead to? If our hope is

       meant to be anchored in where the paths lead, where should our hope be placed?

   8. The Psalmist says that the Lord guides him along the right paths “for his name’s

       sake”. So often we seek God’s guidance for our own benefit. Psalm 23 is suggesting

       here that God’s guidance for us is ultimately not for our own sake, but for the sake of

       His name. What do you think this means?

   9. In what areas of your life today are you in need of God’s guidance? What ‘right paths’

       might God be calling you to walk along?

Pray for one another out of the things that you have shared, most especially your answers

to question 9. Pray for the Lord’s leading, not only in the decisions you make, but also in the

ways that you are being shaped and formed. Pray that as the Lord guides your life, that you

would be led straight to His heart.