PSALMS: ANCIENT SONGS, MODERN MESSAGE (7)
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Q: Do our emotions always give us a clear picture of what is happening in our lives?
Q: Do our emotions always give us a clear picture of what is happening in our lives?
Jeremiah
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Q: Was it true that God had forgotten David? Did his feelings equal truth?
Q: Was it true that God had forgotten David? Did his feelings equal truth?
Q: What does the fact that Psalms has so many expressions of grief tell us about how we need to handle it (and other strong emotions)?
Q: What does the fact that Psalms has so many expressions of grief tell us about how we need to handle it (and other strong emotions)?
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 13:1-6
Q: What enemies do we have and how should we pray in regards to them?
Q: What enemies do we have and how should we pray in regards to them?
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Q: How does the fact that God has “dealt bountifully with” you in the past help you in the present?
Q: How does the fact that God has “dealt bountifully with” you in the past help you in the present?
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm
Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Psalm 73:
Q: If God is good to the righteous why do the wicked seem to prosper more at times?
Q: If God is good to the righteous why do the wicked seem to prosper more at times?
until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
Q: Is it right to question God and when does it become wrong?
Q: Is it right to question God and when does it become wrong?