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A Song of Confidence - Psalm 62
A. The Ground of Confidence ......................................................................vv. 1, 2
1. Salvation from God ..............................................................................v. 1
2. His character—my rock, my fortress ...................................................v. 2
3. The result—stability, safety .................................................................v. 2
B. The Need for Confidence ........................................................................vv. 3, 4
1. The character of man
—destructive, unfriendly, lying, deceitful (THINK OF THAT!)
C. The Source of Hope .................................................................................vv. 5-8
1. The SAME GOD of strength and help ................................................ v. 5
2. My expectation is from Him ................................................................v. 5
3. So—I remain unshaken ........................................................................v. 6
4. In Him—safety and security—I’m with Him! .....................................v. 7
5. How ‘bout you? (THINK ABOUT IT!) ...............................................v. 8
D. A False Hope—Man ................................................................................v. 9, 10
1. Have you ever weighed your breath?....................................................v. 9
2. Or counted your money?......................................................................v. 10
E. The Final Word ......................................................................................v. 11, 12
1. POWER BELONGS TO GOD!...........................................................v. 11
2. AND STEADFAST LOVE! ................................................................v. 12
How do you operate in the light of this?
See 2 Corinthians 5:9, Also 1 Corinthians 1:23-25; Romans 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John
4:16-18
A Song of Consolation - Psalm 73
A. A Statement of Fact ....................................................................................v. 1
God is good to the upright!
B. The Temptation Confronted ...................................................................v. 2-14
Envy of the ungodly. ...........................................................................v. 2, 3
1. Their apparent prosperity ..................................................................v. 4-12
2. My pointless purity ..........................................................................v. 13, 14
A clean heart and innocent hands don’t pay!
C. The Real Truth ......................................................................................v. 15-20
1. Learned in the sanctuary of God. ........................................................v. 17
a. Where I see their end—slippery places, destroyed,
swept away by terrors—a nightmare!........................................vv. 18-20
D. True Value Declared .............................................................................vv. 21-28
1. I was stupid to think that way .........................................................vv. 21, 22
2. Even when my thoughts are wrong—I’m with you! ..........................v. 23
a. You hold my hand .........................................................................v. 23
b. You guide me with your counsel. ..................................................v. 24
c. You will receive me into glory ......................................................v. 24
d. I have you—in heaven ..................................................................v. 25
e. You’re all I need on earth .............................................................v. 25
f. I’m physically failing, but eternally secure in God .......................v. 26
g. I’m not in the place of those who perish .......................................v. 27
h. My portion—to be near God—my strength and refuge ...............v. 28
That’s why I tell about all He does for me!
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