{"id":402,"date":"2015-03-10T02:16:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-03-10T02:16:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:16:18","slug":"psalm-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-18\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 16 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 18<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\n GROWING THROUGH FAITH<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

\n

HONEST, EFFECTIVE PRAISE OF GOD<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. AN HONEST EXPRESSION OF LOVE.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0V.1<\/p>\n

A. DESCRIBING THE \u2018WHO\u2019 OF HIS LOVE. V. 2
\n\u2014MY ROCK. DEUT. 32:4. THE SOURCE OF THEIR LIFE, DEUT. 32:17.
\nPLACE OF PROTECTION, EX. 33:22.
\nPLACE OF SATISFACTION, NUM. 20:8-10.
\nMAKER OF THE CHURCH, MATT. 16:18.
\nCAUSE OF STUMBLING TO UNBELIEVERS, ROM. 9:33, I PET. 2:8.
\n\u2014THE FORTRESS. JER. 16:19, PS. 119:114.
\n\u2014DELIVERER. ROM. 11:26.
\nDELIVER FROM WHAT TO WHAT ?
\nFROM JUDGMENT 2 PET. 2:7,
\nFROM DESTRUCTION OF TRIALS, 2 TIM. 3:11.
\n*DELIVERANCE FROM ALL PRESSURES ? DISCOMFORTS ? NO.<\/i>
\n\u2014MY GOD. emphasis on \u201cMY.\u201d OTHER PEOPLE\u2019S GOD:
\nemphasis on \u201cGOD.\u201d HIS LORDSHIP ROLE. PS. 143:10, LUKE 6:46.
\nPUTTING HIS LEADING BEFORE SELF AND OTHER INFLUENCES. IS. 25:1.
\nTHE SANTA CLAUS GOD. JAMES 1:6-7, I JOHN 5:14-15.
\nTHE PERMISSIVE GOD. I PETER 1:16, EPH. 4:13.
\n\u2014STRENGTH. HOW FEEBLE IT IS TO DEPEND ON OUR OWN STRENGTH !
\n2 COR. 12:9, IS. 49:4, PS. 38:10.
\n\u2014MY TRUST. OUR TRUST SHOULD RESULT IN SOME GOOD ACTIONS.
\nPS. 73:28.
\n\u2014BUCKLER. USUALLY A SMALL SHIELD USED ON THE HAND OR ARM WHICH
\nHELD THE SWORD. 2 SAM. 22:31.
\n\u2014HORN OF SALVATION. \u201cHORN\u201d IS USED TO DENOTE POWER AND
\nSTRENGTH. \u00a0\u00a0I SAM. 2:1. MUST NEVER BE OUR OWN, PS. 75:4-7.
\n\u2014HIGH TOWER. PS. 144:2, 2 SAM. 22:3.
\n*(Imagine the value of it when you have your armor on, too !)<\/i>
\nVISIBILITY TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING.
\nAN ADVANTAGE IN SHOOTING AT THE ENEMY.<\/p>\n

2. THE INSECURITY ONE HAS WITHOUT GOD.<\/span><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0V. 4-6.
\n**DID DAVID SHOW DETERMINATION NOT TO STAY IN THAT CONDITION ??
\nA. SORROWS COMPASS HIM.
\n\u2014OPPRESSING SORROWS (ONES NOT TURNED OVER TO GOD). PS. 116:2-4.
\n**THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR. IS. 53:4.
\nB. PEOPLE MADE HIM AFRAID. PROV. 29:25, PROV. 10:21-24, HEB. 13:6.
\nC. SORROWS OF HELL COMPASSED HIM. V.5
\nD. THE SNARES OF DEATH PRECEDED HIM.
\nTHROUGH JUDGMENTS FROM GOD. MARK 13:8.
\nTHROUGH LOVE OF MONEY. 2 TIM. 3:16.
\nTHROUGH LOVE OF THIS WORLD. I JOHN 2:15, JAMES 4:4.<\/p>\n

3. THE RELIEF FROM TROUBLES ! FAITH IN GOD !<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0V.7-17.<\/p>\n

A. THE POWER OF AN ALMIGHTY GOD. PHIL. 4:13, PS. 91:1,
\n\u2014TO HEAR EVEN ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE. HOW ?
\nJER. 32:27\u2014NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD. IS. 59:1.
\nI TIM. 2:5\u2014REQUIRES A MEDIATOR. JOHN 14:6.
\n\u2014TO HEAR ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE. PS. 4:3, PS. 145:19, I PET. 3:12.<\/p>\n

B. THE ABILITY OF GOD TO ANSWER OUR NEEDS. PHIL. 4:19.
\n\u2014EMPHASIS UPON \u201cNEEDS.\u201d
\n**GOD DOES NOT EXIST FOR OUR PERSONAL DESIRES AND WANTS.
\nINSTEAD, WE HAVE BEEN MADE FOR HIS PLEASURE. REV. 4:11.
\n\u2014WHAT IS GOD\u2019S DEFINITION OF NEEDS ? KRI-AH=\u201cNECESSITY FOR LIVING\u201d
\nI TIM. 6:8. \u2014HAS GOD BLESSED YOU BEYOND YOUR \u201cNEED ?\u201d<\/p>\n

C. THE TIMELINESS OF OUR PRAYERS IS IMPORTANT.
\n\u2014ALWAYS TO PRAY. I THES. 5:17, ACTS 12:5
\n\u2014TIMES OF DISTRESS FIND SPECIAL CONDITIONS. MATT. 14:30, PS. 118:5.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 16 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 18 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:\u00a0 GROWING THROUGH FAITH HONEST, EFFECTIVE PRAISE OF GOD   1. AN HONEST EXPRESSION OF LOVE.\u00a0\u00a0V.1 A. DESCRIBING THE \u2018WHO\u2019 OF HIS LOVE. V. 2 \u2014MY ROCK. DEUT. 32:4. THE SOURCE OF THEIR LIFE, DEUT. 32:17. PLACE OF PROTECTION, EX. 33:22. PLACE OF SATISFACTION, NUM. 20:8-10. MAKER OF THE CHURCH, MATT. 16:18. CAUSE OF STUMBLING TO<\/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\/402"}],"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=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}