{"id":435,"date":"2015-03-10T02:56:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=435"},"modified":"2015-03-10T02:56:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:56:41","slug":"psalm-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-34\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 34"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 31 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 34<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: <\/em><\/span>
\nBless the LORD at All Times !<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

\n

Learning How To Make The Lord
\nThe True Center of My Life !<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

1. MAKING GOD THE TRUE CENTER CONTINUALLY.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 A. A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO MAKE HIM FIRST ABOVE ALL.
\nHOSEA 12:6.
\nB. NOT AS HARD IF WE ARE CONSTANTLY SERVING HIM.
\nACTS 6:4. SEEN IN NORMAL SERVANTHOOD\u2014ACTS 10:7.
\nC. SERVING GOD SEEN AS DISTINCT FROM SERVING ANYONE
\nELSE. DAN. 6:20. (COMPARE TO HUSBAND, COUNTRY,
\nEMPLOYER, ETC.).
\nD. INVOLVES THE ACTION OF THE WHOLE PERSON.
\nEPH. 5:19, COL. 3:16.<\/p>\n

2. THE SOUL MUST BOAST OF GOD.<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0PS. 44:8.
\nA. \u201cSELF\u201d MUST BE PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS. PS. 94:4.
\n\u2014BOASTING OF GOD MUST NOT BE SHARED WITH ANY OTHER
\nFACTOR OR ENTITY. ROM. 2:17, EPH. 2:9.
\nB. REVEALS A TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD.
\nPROV. 27:1, JAS. 4:13-15.
\nC. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD AND PERSONAL
\nEXPERIENCE ALLOW THE SOUL TO DO THIS. 2 TIM. 1:12.<\/p>\n

3. MAKING GOD THE CENTER HAS PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES.<\/span> <\/span>
\nA. IT MAKES THE HUMBLE GLAD. JAS. 4:6, PS. 69:32.
\nB. IT PROVIDES AUTOMATIC FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHERS
\nOF LIKE MIND. GAL. 2:9. (PAUL\u2019S ACCEPTANCE).<\/p>\n

4. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DOING THINGS TOGETHER.<\/span><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 V. 3
\nA. DOING THINGS TOGETHER IS THE PLAN OF GOD.
\nROM. 15:30, 2 COR. 6:1, EPH. 2:21,22.
\nB. YOU GET BLESSED BY GOD\u2019S BLESSINGS TO OTHERS. V. 4
\nC. IT ENCOURAGES OTHERS. I THES. 5:11.
\n\u2014THEY LOOK TO GOD INSTEAD OF LOOKING ELSEWHERE.
\nACTS 2:44.
\n\u2014THEY GREW MORE BOLD. ACTS 4:31,
\n\u2014THEY GREW MORE CHRIST-LIKE AND ALIKE. 1 COR. 1:10.
\n\u2014THEY WERE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD WHEN THEY
\nWERE WITH ONE ANOTHER. 2 COR. 6:14.<\/p>\n

5. SEEKING GOD CASTS AWAY FEARS.<\/span> <\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 V. 4.
\nA. HOW SHOULD WE SEEK THE LORD ?
\n\u2014WITH ALL HEART AND SOUL. DEUT. 4:29
\n(THROUGH THE MORTAL AND ETERNAL PARTS OF US).
\n\u2014IS A CONTINUAL TASK. 1 CHRON. 16:11
\n\u2014IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE GOD
\nBLESS A NATION. 2 CHRON. 15:13. KING ASA.
\n\u2014IS AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE. 2 CHRON. 20:3, EZRA 7:10.
\n\u2014WHEN HE SAYS IT IS TIME. HOSEA 10:12.
\n\u2014SEEK DILIGENTLY<\/i><\/span> [=CRAVE, HUNGER AFTER].<\/i> HEB. 11:6.
\n\u2014RECOGNIZES THAT THE DEVIL IS SEEKING, TOO. 1 PET. 5:8.
\nB. MUST SEEK GOD, NOT RELATED ISSUES.
\n\u2014NOT OUR OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT. 1 COR. 10:33.
\n\u2014NOT RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS, SIGNS, ETC. MARK 8:11.<\/p>\n

6. SEEKING GOD REQUIRES US TO KNOW OURSELVES. <\/span> <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 6
\nA. DO WE SEE OURSELVES AS POOR ? (COMPARED TO WHAT
\nWE COULD BE). MATT. 5:3
\nB. DO WE SEE OURSELVES AS NEEDY ? REV. 3:17
\nC. DO WE KNOW WHERE TO TURN IMMEDIATELY IN TIME OF
\nNEED ? (OR, DO WE TURN THERE AFTER ALL OTHER
\nALTERNATIVES ARE EXHAUSTED ?) MATT. 6:33, HEP. 4:16
\nD. DO WE REMEMEBER THE LORD’S FAITHFULNESS IN TIME ? (HE
\nHEARD YOU LAST TIME, DIDN’T HE ?) PS. 77:9, 10.
\n\u2014DO WE DESERVE CHASTENING ? PS. 119:75
\n\u2014DO WE THINK IT BECOMES OLD ? LAM. 3:23
\n\u2014DO WE THINK THERE ARE DAYS OF OMISSION ? PS. 92:2<\/p>\n

7. QUALIFICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE CONTINUAL PRAISE.<\/span> <\/span>
\nA. EXPERIENCE. V. 6. “THIS<\/span><\/i> POOR MAN . . .” NOT ALL. GEN. 30:27
\nJAMES 1:6,7 \u00a0\u00a0 ISAIAH 61:10. (APPLIES TO THE RIGHTEOUS.
\nTHIS POOR MAN – DAVID – WAS RIGHTEOUS THROUGH HIS
\nFAITH IN CHRIST). <\/i>
\nB. RELATIONSHIP. V. 6. PS. 33:21, DAN. 3:23
\nC. EXPECTATION (FAITH). V. 6. \u00a0\u00a0 2 TIM. 1:12 WITH 2 COR. 1:12<\/p>\n

8. LEARNING FROM GOD IS A REASON TO PRAISE CONTINUALLY. <\/span> <\/span>
\nA. IF LEARNING IS CONTINUAL, SO IS THE PRAISE !
\nB. OBSERVATION IS A KEY TO LEARNING.
\n\u2014FROM SITUATIONS OF CRISIS. V. 7. PROV. 21:23,
\nJOB 5:9, DEUT. 31:17.
\n\u2014FROM THE DAILY WALK OF PEOPLE. V. 8.
\nPS. 107:38-44.
\n\u2014FROM GENERALIZATION ABOUT GOD\u2019S PEOPLE.
\nV. 9. ROM. 9:27, 10:1, 21.
\n\u2014FROM THE ANIMALS. V. 10. PROV. 30:25-26,
\nJOB 35:11, JOB 41:1, NUM. 22:30.
\n\u2014FROM SPECIFIC TEACHING. V.11, 1 COR. 11:14,
\n2 SAM. 22:35, GAL. 6:6.<\/p>\n

9. IF I AM BUSY DOING GOOD, I WON\u2019T BE FAR FROM PRAISING GOD. <\/span> <\/span>
\nA. KEEPING MY TONGUE FROM EVIL. HATE INVOLVED
\nPROV. 26:28.
\nB. KEEPING MY LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE. (DECEIT
\nAND TREACHERY) 1 PETER 2:1, PS. 32:2, REV. 14:5.
\nC. DEPARTING FROM EVIL. PROV. 16:6, JOB 28:28.
\nD. DOING GOOD. HEB. 13:16, JAMES 4:17.
\nE. SEEKING PEACE, AND PURSUING IT.
\nF. RESULTS: GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS, GIVING ME
\nEVEN MORE REASON TO PRAISE HIM ! V. 15.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE BASED ON THE
\nFEAR OF THE LORD BEING TAUGHT. V. 11.
\n*PSALM 111:10, PROV. 1:7,
\n\u2014IT REQUIRES ACTION !
\nPROV. 8:13 \u2014 HATE EVIL
\nPROV. 14:26 \u2014 EXERCISE FAITH
\n<\/i>
\n10. DOING GOOD HAS ITS REWARDS. <\/span> <\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 V. 11-15, 17-22.
\nCAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH JESUS. ROMANS 3:12.
\n*EPHESIANS 5:10 \u2014THIS CAN BE PROVED !
\nHEBREWS 13:16, I TIMOTHY 6:18, JAMES 4:17.
\n\u2014WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? MATT. 19:16-22
\n\u2014TO WHOM IS IT DONE ? LUKE 6:27, 33-35, GAL. 6:10.
\n\u2014BY WHOSE STANDARDS ? 2 COR. 10:13, EPH. 4:13
\n(MATURITY). EXAMPLE IS JESUS. ACTS 10:38.<\/p>\n

A. IN PLEASING GOD. I THES. 4:1. HOW ? ROM. 8:8-9,
\nROMANS 12:1-3.
\nB. IN EFFECTIVE PRAYERS. V. 15. JAMES 4:17.
\nC. CLOSENESS WITH THE LORD. V. 18. JOB 8:20.
\nD. DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLES. V. 19.
\nPS. 72:12, PS. 34:7,17,19, 2 TIMOTHY 4:18.
\nE. REDEMPTION FOR THE SOUL. V. 22.
\nF. PROMISE OF INNOCENCE. V. 22.
\n(DESOLATE=Heb.\u201cNOT-GUILTY\u201d)<\/p>\n

11. DOING EVIL HAS ITS\u2019 PRICE. <\/span> <\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 V. 16.
\nA. GOD IS AGAINST THEM.
\nB. THEY ARE EASILY FORGOTTEN.
\nC. THEY WILL BE FOUND GUILTY (DESOLATE). V.21
\n3 JOHN 1:11.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 31 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 34 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: Bless the LORD at All Times ! Learning How To Make The Lord The True Center of My Life ! 1. MAKING GOD THE TRUE CENTER CONTINUALLY. \u00a0\u00a0 A. A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO MAKE HIM FIRST ABOVE ALL. HOSEA 12:6. B. NOT AS HARD IF WE ARE CONSTANTLY SERVING HIM. ACTS 6:4. SEEN IN NORMAL<\/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\/435"}],"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=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}