Psalm 46 - Prayer Meeting
I. Do Not Fear Because of God’s Protection - 46:1-3
A. Fact of God’s Protection - God’s Identity
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
B. Context of God’s Protection - Your World Turned Upside down
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
II. Do Not Fear Because of God’s Provision - 46:4-7
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
A. How Does God Provide for Us?
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
B. How Does God’s Presence Remove Fear?
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”
III. Do Not Fear Because of God’s Prescription
A. Put on Your Glad Glasses!
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
