PRAY: P is for Praise

Psalm 103

1. Praise God Intentionally (Psalm 103)

2. God is worthy of the worship of the world (Psalm 103:22)

When You're Doing Right, But Everything Is Wrong

Psalm 44

1. Remember God's work (Psalm 44:1-8)

2. Suffering for doing right (Psalm 44:9-22)

3. Confidently call on God (Psalm 44:23-26)

A Vision for 2022

Psalm 103

1. Remember the Lord's work (1-7)

2. Meditate on Whom the Lord is (8-19)

3. Praise the Lord (20-22)

Scripture Intake

2 Timothy 3:16 and Psalm 119:105

1. Scripture is Inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16)

2. Scripture is profitable (2 Timothy 3:16)

3. Store up God's word (Psalm 119:11)

4. God's word is light (Psalm 119:105)

Learning to Lament

Psalm 6

Key Truth: Learn to Lament.  Expressing our suffering to God helps us to learn to trust God more deeply, to look to His promises for saving, to know Him more deeply, and to allow him to change us. 

Learn to Lament by:

1.  Expressing it to God (6:1-7).

• Express to God your anger, pain, hurt, discouragement, fear, and doubts.

2. Learning to trust God more deeply (6:3-4).

3. Learning to look to the Lord’s promises for saving (6:4).

4. Learning to know God more deeply (6:5-7).

5. Allowing him to change us (6:8-10).

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

We are to approach God with an earnest desire to know the reality of His presence in our lives.

1. We approach God with reverential awe.

2. We are to approach Him with a sense of expectation of hearing from Him.

3. We are to come to God with a firm grip on the colossal magnitude of His grace.

Prayer

Psalm 34

1. We pray to God (34:1-3)

2. God Protects:  Pray for protection (34:4, 6-7)

3. God Provides: Pray for provision (34:5,9-10)

4. God is Present: Pray with confidence (34:17-18)

5. God Saves: Pray for salvation (34:22)

Worship = Obedient Lifestyle

Psalm 100

1. We worship through music

2. We worship by adoring God

3. We worship by serving God

4. We worship by trusting His heart

5. We worship by surrendering our will to Him