{"id":400,"date":"2015-03-10T02:14:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=400"},"modified":"2015-03-10T02:14:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:14:31","slug":"psalm-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-17\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 15 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:<\/em><\/span>
\nGROWING THROUGH FAITH<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

\n

PRAYING WITH THE WORD OF GOD<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. DAVID\u2019S HONESTY TO GOD IN PRAYER. <\/span><\/span>
\nA. HE ASKS, NOT DEMANDS, TO BE HEARD. MICAH 6:8.
\nPRAYER IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT ! IS. 59:2, JER. 7:16.
\nIT MUST COME THROUGH JESUS. 1 TIM. 2:5, JOHN 14:6.<\/p>\n

B. HE STATES HIS OWN LACK OF DECEPTION.
\n*DECEPTION TOWARD GOD ? YES ! MANY TRY IT.
\nLUKE 18:11-14, MATT. 7:21-23. ACTS 5:3.
\n\u2014SOME OF IT IS SINCERE DECEPTION, HAVING DECEIVED
\nTHEMSELVES !
\nJAMES 1:22, 2 TIM. 3:13 (COULD SOME BE SINCERE ?)<\/p>\n

C. HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE REQUIRED FORGIVENESS
\nTO REACH GOD. *(\u201cFOUND NOTHING\u201d\u2014V.3).
\n\u2014THIS GENERATION DOESN\u2019T SEE THE NEED.
\nPROV. 30:12, REV. 3:14.<\/p>\n

2. THE EVIDENCE OF HIS LIVING FAITH.<\/span> V.3.<\/span>
\nA. GOD HAS TESTED HIM (\u201cPROVEN MY HEART\u201d)\u2014BUT NOT
\nWITH EVIL ! GOD TESTS TO SEE WHAT WE WILL BRING
\nINTO THE PICTURE TO MAKE DECISIONS. JAMES 1:13,14,
\nI COR. 10:13, HEB. 2:18. (OUR CONFIDENCE: I JOHN 3:21).
\n\u2014TESTING ALLOWS US TO SEE OURSELVES, AND COMMIT
\nCHANGES TO GOD ACCORDINGLY. JOB 23:10.
\nB. GOD\u2019S PRESENCE CAN SEE HIM, EVEN IN THE NIGHT.
\nIS. 29:15, JOB 34:23-25.
\nC. GOD HAS ACCOMPLISHED VICTORIES OVER TEMPTATIONS
\nIN HIS LIFE. V. 4. I JOHN 2:13,14.<\/p>\n

3. THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE IN THAT LIFE OF FAITH.<\/span> V.5.<\/span>
\nA. DAVID ASKED GOD PERSONALLY.
\nB. DAVID ASKED GOD THAT HE WOULD NOT SLIP.
\nC. DAVID ASKS FOR PROTECTION. FROM THE UNGODLY\u2014
\nTWO CATEGORIES: THOSE WHO SURROUND HIM ON
\nEARTH, AND THOSE WHO WATCH FROM THE SKY.
\nEPH. 2:2, DAN. 10:13. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 15 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 17 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: GROWING THROUGH FAITH PRAYING WITH THE WORD OF GOD   1. DAVID\u2019S HONESTY TO GOD IN PRAYER. A. HE ASKS, NOT DEMANDS, TO BE HEARD. MICAH 6:8. PRAYER IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT ! IS. 59:2, JER. 7:16. IT MUST COME THROUGH JESUS. 1 TIM. 2:5, JOHN 14:6. B. HE STATES HIS OWN LACK<\/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\/400"}],"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=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}