- Stephen Fry, and the either-or
- Exposing some unsatisfactory answers
- ‘Everything happens for a reason’
- ‘Evil is necessary consequence of free will’
- ‘Evil as necessary contrast’
- God’s response to Evil: the bible’s storyline
- God’s roadblocks and our response
- The God who is good, free and unchanging
- God as the source of every good gift
- Creation witnesses to God’s goodness
- Redemption reveals God’s goodness
- And God is working for our good
- Rejoice because our sins have been forgiven
- Acknowledge our sins
- Confess to God and those against whom we have transgressed
- Let us rejoice and be glad
- Anguish
- Fear of those who hate us
- The Lord is most powerful and will defend us
- We thank You and praise You for Your righteousness.
- When enough is enough
- Anticipating concerns
- Does this contradict other teaching?
- What if it’s not the Psalmist in error?
David’s situation and Ours
Yearning for God (v.1)
Remembering the God we know (v.2)
Being moved to praise:
- by past experience of God’s love (v.3-5)
- by our present experience of God’s help (v.6-8)
- by our future experience of God’s deliverance (v.9-11)
Praising God in prayer – personal and public
