My Reaction to the 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. PSALM 119:57-64 CONVICTED BY THE WORD URGENTLY PURSUE GOD’S MERCY BY RESPONDING TO THE CONVICTION THAT COMES THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. PSALM 119:65-72 STRETCHED BY THE WORD BELIEVE GOD’S GOODNESS IN YOUR HARD WILL DRAW YOU INTO GREATER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. PSALM 119:73-80 TESTIFY THROUGH THE WORD REVEAL GOD THROUGH A LIFE OF DEPENDENCE ON HIS SOVEREIGN COMPASSION. PSALM 119:81-88 RENEWED THROUGH THE WORD RENEW YOUR HEART BY DWELLING ON THE LOVE OF GOD WHEN YOU FEEL ABANDONED BY GOD. PSALM 119:89-96 STABILIZED BY GOD’S WORD GOD’S ENDURING WORD CAN AND WILL BRING STABILITY TO YOUR LIFE AS YOU APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE. PSALM 119:97-104 DESIRE THE DISCERNING WORD DESIRE THE DISCERNING WISDOM OF GOD THAT IS GREATER THAN ALL OTHER WISDOM. PSALM 119:105-112 ENDURING COMMITMENT TO THE WORD BE COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO WILLINGLY FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES. PSALM 119:113-120 REFOCUSED BY GOD’S WORD OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS BUILT ON A RIGHT VIEW OF GOD’S JUSTICE, GOD’S SUSTAINING POWER, AND MY NEED FOR HELP TO BE RIGHTEOUS! PSALM 119:121–128 TRUST GOD’S JUSTICE THROUGH THE WORD I MUST TRUST IN GOD’S JUSTICE BY REMAINING FAITHFUL TO TRUTH. My Reaction to the Word PSALM 119:129-136 MY REACTION TO THE WORD 1. God’s extraordinary working through His Word should lead one to desire and obey it. 129-131 2. Applying God’s Word to your life brings amazing blessings. 132-135 The Amazing Blessings of Applying God’s Word A. God’s active grace. B. Deliverance from sin’s power. C. Restored soul from man’s abusiveness. D. God’s favor in understanding truth. MY REACTION TO THE WORD 1. God’s extraordinary working through His Word should lead one to desire and obey it. 129-131 2. Applying God’s Word to your life brings amazing blessings. 132-135 3. I should respond in grief to man’s failure to obey God’s Word. 136 Man’s failure to obey God’s amazing Word and consequently being excluded from God’s blessings of obeying truth should grieve our hearts. MAN’S REJECTION OF GOD’S TRANSFORMING WORD SHOULD GRIEVE OUR HEARTS. APPLICATION 1. What is my attitude towards sin? Sin should grieve our hearts. I should not have a lackadaisical (apathetic) view of sin. 2. What is my attitude towards other’s rejection of truth? Other people’s rejection of God should grieve our hearts. APPLICATION 3. My heart of compassion for those who reject God should drive me to seeking to help them know and trust God. MAN’S REJECTION OF GOD’S TRANSFORMING WORD SHOULD GRIEVE OUR HEARTS.