(Ps 18) Devotion Monthly Verse

Overview:

Wednesday nights is a time where I hope we are regularly -

looking to God for strength.

regularly confessing our need for God.

regularly being confronted with the true source of our strength.

, and especially v 1-3 is a great passage to call us to God’s strength.

of course is the verse of the month.

And so I hope you have thought about this passage.

Prayed about this passage.

Prayed one another to be strengthened by this passage.

This last month, I choose as the verse of the month.

Because it is such

The NET Bible

Psalm 18. In this long song of thanks, the psalmist (a Davidic king, traditionally understood as David himself) affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. The psalmist’s experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the psalm appears in 2 Sam 22:1–51.

Ps 18:1-3

Psalm 18:1–3 ESV

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

[Whiteboard - make 3 columns...Self, Church, Others. ]

Self, Church, Others.

(1) What question of self-reflection does v. 1 call us to?

Where does my strength come from?

Self, Church, others.

Negatively (does not)

Positively (does)

(2) How can these verses encourage us?

Self, Church (members), Others (needing help)

(3) How can you use these to tell people about Christ?

Christ is the ultimate, strength, shield, refuge, …