Sunday Morning Message 26 January 2020

Message Notes

THE SEARCH FOR THE WAY OF THE LORD

1. In humble prayer
a) Show me Your ways, O LORD (Psalm 25:4a)
b) Teach me Your paths (Psalm 25:4b)
c) Lead me in Your truth and teach me (Psalm 25:5a)
d) On You I wait all the day (Psalm 25:5b)

2.  In awareness of prevailing wickedness
a) Enemies (of the soul) (Psalm 25:2d)
b) They are treacherous (Psalm 25:3b)
c) They hate with cruel hatred (Psalm 25:19b)
3. In acute acknowledgment of sin in life
a) The sins of my youth/ transgressions (Psalm 25:7)
b) The greatness of iniquity (Psalm 25:11b)
c) Feelings of desolation (Psalm 25:16)
d) Troubles of the heart (Psalm 25:17a)
e) Distress felt keenly (Psalm 25:17b)
f) Affliction and pain (Psalm 25:18a)

PLEADING WITH THE LORD
1. He is the God of our salvation (Psalm 25:5b)
2. Pleading His mercies and lovingkindness (Psalm 25:6, 7)
3. Pleading His goodness (Psalm 25:7c)
4. Pleading the goodness and uprightness of God (Psalm 25:8)
5. Pleading the name of the LORD (Psalm 25:11)

THE MAN WHO FEARS THE LORD
1. The LORD will teach him the way He chooses (Psalm 25:12b)
2. He shall dwell in prosperity (Psalm 25:13a)
3. His descendants shall inherit the earth (Psalm 25:13b)
4. The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him (Psalm 25:14a)
5. He will show them His covenant (Psalm 25:14b)

A PERSONAL APPLICATION
1. Looking up to the LORD
My eyes are ever toward the LORD (Psalm 25:15a)
2. Pleading earnestly
Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me (Psalm 25:16)
3. Pleading forgiveness
Forgive all my sins (Psalm 25:18b)
4. Deliverance
Keep my soul and deliver me (Psalm 25:20)
5. Trust in the LORD
a) I trust in You (Psalm 25:1a)
b) I put my trust in You (Psalm 25:20b)
6. Waiting on the LORD
a) On You I wait all the day (Psalm 25:5c)
b) I wait for You (Psalm 25:21b)