BATTLE READY

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BATTLE READY Spiritual Training In The
Psalms Lesson 2 Psalm 37
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• Review

Psalm 9014 Oh, satisfy us early with Your
mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our
days!
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• Psalm 37

• 1. Structure
• Key Words
• Key Insights
• 4. Application

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• Psalm 37

• Structure
• Acrostic
• Repeating Contrasts
• Instructions, Promises and Prophecies

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Psalm 37
Contrasts The Wicked The Righteous The
Judgement The Inheritance of the Wicked
of the Righteous Fretting Trusting - Only
two categories of people in Gods eyes - Only two
results of lifes commitment
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• Psalm 37

• Instructions, Promises and Prophecies
• Instructions
• If Then Statements
• Do this!
• The result will CERTAINLY be _______
• Promises 23
• If God makes a promise, we better count on it
• Prophecies - inherit (six times)
• Psalm 3729 The righteous shall inherit the
  land, and dwell in it forever.
• Rev 217 He who overcomes shall inherit all
  things, and I will be his God and he shall be My
  son.

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• Psalm 37

• Key Words
• Vs. 3 Trust
• Proverbs 35,6 Trust in the LORD with all your
  heart
• Vs. 4 Delight
• 2Ch 176 And his heart took delight in the
  ways of the LORD moreover he removed the high
  places and wooden images from Judah.
• Psa 12 But his delight is in the law of the
  LORD, And in His law he meditates day and
  night.

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• Psalm 37

• Key Words (continued)
• Vs. 5 Commit
• 1Pe 419 Therefore let those who suffer
  according to the will of God commit their souls
  to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
• Vs. 7 Rest
• Exo 3314 And He said, "My Presence will go
  with you, and I will give you rest."
• 2Ch 2030 Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was
  quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

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• Psalm 37

• 3. Key Insights
• The trustworthiness of God
• The result of committing to and trusting God
• The fact that we either delight in God or delight
  in the lusts of the world
• - Old Man vs. New Man

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• Psalm 37

• Application
• In light of Gods sovereignty and love, am I
  trusting and resting?
• Identify sources of fretting areas where I am
  playing God, not trusting
• How am I delighting in God?

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• Psalm 37

Memory verse Psalm 373,4 Trust in the LORD,
and do good Dwell in the land, and feed on His
faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.