Introduction – Being ‘Australian’ and being ‘human’
To be truly human is to magnify God’s majesty by:
- Praising Him verbally (1b-2)
- Viewing ourselves humbly (3-4)
- Caring for the Earth responsibly (5-6)
Do you have the mind of Christ?
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Psalms
- Our God is for us (1-8)
- Our God has left us (9-16)
- Our God achieves His own purposes through our suffering (17-22)
- Our only hope when in the depths … (23-26)
- The Lord reigns! Why then do the wicked seems to be getting away with it?
- The damage of the wicked
- Are “thoughts and prayers” enough?
- 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)