DELIVER ME FROM THE EVENING NEWS
Psalm 91
Summer Psalms (2022) – Part 6 of 6
WHAT GIVES COURAGE? WHEN WE ARE Personally Bound To God
v. 5 “You will not fear …” (esv)
v. 2 “I will say to the LORD, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’” (esv)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FIND COURAGE IN OUR BOND WITH GOD?
NOT – GOD FILLS MY Life WITH Pain-Free Years
Job 42.7 “… you have not spoken the truth about me …” (csb)
Matthew 4.6
YES – GOD FILLS MY Years WITH Despair-Free Life
Luke 21.16-19 “You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. You will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance youwillgainyourlives.” (esv)
WHAT IS MY ASSURANCE THAT THIS COURAGE WILL LAST?
JESUS HAS Guaranteed It Personally
v. 15-16 “… I will be with him in trouble …and show him my salvation.” (esv)
Hebrews 2.14-15 “Now since the children have flesh and blood … Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.” (csb)
v. 4 “He will cover you with his feathers; you will take refuge under his wings. His faithfulness will be a protective shield.” (csb)
v. 16 “With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” (esv)
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