Convicted by God’s Word

PSALM 119:1-8 COMMITMENT TO GOD’S WORD DILIGENTLY PURSUE GOD’S WORD TO HAVE A VIBRANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. PSALM 119:9-16 VALUE GOD’S WORD. MY PASSION FOR GOD’S WORD WILL LEAD ME TO RIGHTEOUS LIFE CHOICES. PSALM 119:17-24 DIRECTED BY GOD’S WORD! GOD’S WORD MUST BE MY SOURCE OF DIRECTION FOR LIFE CHOICES TODAY. PSALM 119:25-33 ENCOURAGED BY GOD’S WORD BE ENCOURAGED TO LIVE CONFIDENTLY IN GOD THROUGH GOD’S TRUTH. PSALM 119:33-40 TRANSFORMED BY GOD’S WORD ALLOW GOD TO SHAPE YOUR INNER MAN THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. PSALM 119:41-48 LIVE BOLDLY BY THE WORD LIVE BOLDLY FOR GOD WHILE RESTING IN HIS LOVE AND TRUTH! PSALM 119:49-56 COMFORTED THROUGH THE WORD GOD COMFORTS OUR HEART WITH HOPE AND COURAGE THROUGH THE WORD IN THE HARD TIMES OF LIFE. Convicted by God’s Word PSALM 119:57-64 CONVICTED BY GOD’S WORD 1. Yahweh, who you are belongs to me. 57 2. My actions of a life of repentance. 58-63 MY ACTIONS OF A LIFE OF REPENTANCE. 58-63 A. Psalmist appeals for God’s gracious favor based on God’s word. 58 B. Psalmist evaluates his wrong direction of life and turns to God. 59 C. Psalmist eagerly and actively pursues obedience to God. 60 MY ACTIONS OF A LIFE OF REPENTANCE. 58-63 D. In the midst of being tied up in sin, the Psalmist does not forget God’s truth. E. Psalmist rejoices in what is righteous. 62 F. The Psalmist unites himself with those who fear God. 63 CONVICTED BY GOD’S WORD 1. Yahweh, who you are belongs to me. 57 2. My actions of a life of repentance. 58-63 3. Yahweh, your mercy is overflowing as seen in your Word. 64 Yahweh – your abundant mercy belongs to me in the midst of my sin and repentance. 57; 64 IMPORTANT TRUTHS 1. God’s mercy is abundant. 2. You must choose to turn from your sin. 3. Remaining in my sin is my choice to stay bound by sin. 4. You must choose to proactively obey God. 5. God’s mercy to repent and live in obedience belongs to you. URGENTLY PURSUE GOD’S MERCY BY REPENTING AND PROACTIVELY LIVING IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S DIRECTIVES. APPLICATION 1. One of the necessities of being in the Word is so that it convicts me of sin that I must change. 2. You must be honest about your sin in order to repent. APPLICATION 3. Change takes deliberate work on your part to obey God. You cannot be passive expecting God to change you when you live passively in your sin and not putting effort into change. It will take deliberate, hard choices on your part. APPLICATION 4. Take comfort in the fact that your adult children, extended family, or friends living in sin who have grown up in church have God’s Word at work in their hearts even when you may not see it. APPLICATION 5. Earnestly and continually seek God’s face to bring change into your life. Pray lots that God would have mercy in your life giving you the grace and strength to live in obedience – live desperately dependent upon God for change. RESPOND TO THE CONVICTION THAT COMES THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. PRAY, REPENT, OBEY, DEPEND