{"id":392,"date":"2015-03-10T02:07:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=392"},"modified":"2015-03-10T02:07:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:07:14","slug":"psalm-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-13\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 11 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 13<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:<\/em><\/span>
\nGROWING THROUGH FAITH<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

Turning Pity-Parties Into Victory Celebrations ! <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n1. THE HUMAN CRY OF WOE.<\/span> 13:1<\/strong>
\n *WOES MAY BE TRUE OR IMAGINED, DEPENDING ON YOUR
\nRELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.<\/em>
\nA. GOD FORGOT ABOUT ME, AND THE DEVIL ATTACKED ME.
\nIS. 49:15, OR, THE JONAH EXPERIENCE, JONAH 2:4.
\nB. AM I EVEN SAVED YET ? FORGOTTEN FOREVER ?
\nAMOS 8:7, IS. 51:13,
\nC. HOW LONG WILL YOU HIDE FROM ME ? PAIN, PHYSICAL
\nCONDITIONS SOMETIMES DISTRACT US FROM RECOGNIZING HIS
\nPRESENCE.<\/em> JOB 23:8-9, PS. 46:1. **HEB. 4:16.
\nD. HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO DEPEND ON MY OWN SOUL ?
\nPS. 84:2, PS. 119:81\u2014OUR SOUL WILL SURELY FAINT. WHY WE DO
\nNOT FAINT AS BELIEVERS\u20142 COR. 4:1, 16.
\nE. HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO DEAL WITH SORROW ? \u00a0SOMETIMES
\nTHINK IT IS DIRECTED AT US. *HOSPITALS PACKED, NOT JUST
\nFROM US ! <\/em>\u00a0 HAB. 1:2, REV. 6:10.
\nF. HOW LONG WILL THE DEVIL KEEP ON WINNING ?
\n\u2014REPRIEVE FROM TEMPTATIONS IS ONLY FOR A SEASON.
\nTHE DEVIL DOES NOT TEMPT JUST FOR A SEASON. LUKE 4:13
\n\u2014THOUGH TEMPTATIONS ARE MORE FREQUENT THAN REPRIEVE,
\nWE DO NOT HAVE TO BE WEIGHTED BY HEAVINESS. I PET. 1:6<\/p>\n

1 John 4:4 \u00a0Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: be-
\ncause greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. <\/em><\/p>\n

2. THE ALTERNATIVES TO GOD\u2019S HELP ARE ALWAYS BAD.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong>
\nA. TAKING COUNSEL OF YOUR OWN SOUL. 13:2
\nB. ALLOWING THE ENEMY TO WIN. 13:2,4. *(TIRED OF FIGHTING
\nSPIRITUAL BATTLES ? THEN, THE ENEMY WILL WIN !)
\n\u2014WHO IS THE ENEMY ? OUR OLD NATURE. ROM 8:12,13, GAL. 6:8
\n\u2014WHO IS THE ENEMY ? THE DEVIL. EPH. 4:27, 6:11, JAMES 4:7.
\nC. SLEEPING THE SLEEP OF DEATH.
\nD. BEING MOVED AWAY FROM TRUTH. SATAN LIES, AND SAYS THAT
\nPRESSURES WILL BE GONE IF WE JUST GIVE IN. MATT. 4:1-4
\n\u2014CONTRA. PS. 62:6.
\n\u2014DEPENDS ON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. PS. 16:8<\/p>\n

3. THE TURN-AROUND TO JOY. <\/span>
\n*ALL DEPENDS UPON BEING ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY. SO, DAVID ASKS
\nFOR BETTER SIGHT\u201413:3\u2014LIGHTEN MINE EYES.
\nA. REQUIRES RENEWAL WITH GOD. PS. 51:10, IS. 40:31.
\n\u2014TURNING TO HIM INSTEAD OF SELF FOR HELP. GAL. 2:20.
\n*OUR \u2018OLD MAN\u2019 IS SUPPOSED TO BE CRUCIFIED.
\nB. REQUIRES A RENEWAL OF COMMITMENT. PROV. 16:3
\nC. REQUIRES ABSOLUTE TRUST IN GOD. TRUSTING IN HIS MERCY\u2014
\nOR GRACE\u2014ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION. 13:5.
\nD. RESULTS IN GOD BEING GLORIFIED AND PRAISED. 13:5,6,
\nJAMES 1:2-4<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 11 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 13 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: GROWING THROUGH FAITH Turning Pity-Parties Into Victory Celebrations ! 1. THE HUMAN CRY OF WOE. 13:1 *WOES MAY BE TRUE OR IMAGINED, DEPENDING ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. A. GOD FORGOT ABOUT ME, AND THE DEVIL ATTACKED ME. IS. 49:15, OR, THE JONAH EXPERIENCE, JONAH 2:4. B. AM I EVEN SAVED YET ? FORGOTTEN FOREVER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}