The Lord is My

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The Lord is My

• Psalm 18

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Psalm 181-2

• 1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
• 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer my God is my rock, in whom I take
  refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my
  salvation, my stronghold.

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Psalm 181-2

• 1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
• 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer my God is my rock, in whom I take
  refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my
  salvation, my stronghold.

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Psalm 18

• For the director of music. Of David the servant
  of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of
  this song when the LORD delivered him from the
  hand of all his enemies and from the hand of
  Saul. He said

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2 Samuel 221-3

• 1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song
  when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all
  his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said
• "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer
• 3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
• my shield and the horn of my salvation.
• He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--
• from violent men you save me.

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2 Samuel 221-3

• 1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song
  when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all
  his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said
• "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer
• 3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
• my shield and the horn of my salvation.
• He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--
• from violent men you save me.

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Truths about Davids Life

• God did not protect David from hard times.
• Some situations were Davids fault, some were
  not.
• His understanding of God shaped his understanding
  of life not the other way around.

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Psalm 181-2

• 1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
• 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer my God is my rock, in whom I take
  refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my
  salvation, my stronghold.
• What did David know about God that I need to
  know about God?

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I. God is Strong.
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Psalm 181-2

• 1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
• 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
  deliverer my God is my rock, in whom I take
  refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my
  salvation, my stronghold.

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Psalm 6211-12

• 11 One thing God has spoken,
• two things have I heard
• that you, O God, are strong,
• 12 and that you, O Lord, are loving.

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1 Peter 510

• 1PE 510 And the God of all grace, who called you
  to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have
  suffered a little while, will himself restore you
  and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To
  him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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2 Corinthians 127-10

• 7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of
  these surpassingly great revelations, there was
  given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of
  Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded
  with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he
  said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for
  my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore
  I will boast all the more gladly about my
  weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on
  me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight
  in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
  persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am
  weak, then I am strong.

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II. God is Stable.
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Hebrews 138

• 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today
  and forever.

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Hebrews 1023

• 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we
  profess, for he who promised is faithful.

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2 Thessalonians 32-3

• 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked
  and evil men, for not everyone has faith. 3 But
  the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and
  protect you from the evil one.

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Matthew 724-27

• 24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of
  mine and puts them into practice is like a wise
  man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain
  came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew
  and beat against that house yet it did not fall,
  because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But
  everyone who hears these words of mine and does
  not put them into practice is like a foolish man
  who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came
  down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and
  beat against that house, and it fell with a great
  crash."

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III. God is my refuge.
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Cities of Refuge

• Numbers 35

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Psalm 511

• 11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad
• let them ever sing for joy.
• Spread your protection over them,
• that those who love your name may rejoice in
  you.

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Psalm 161-2

• 1 Keep me safe, O God,
• for in you I take refuge.
• 2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord
• apart from you I have no good thing."

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Proverbs 1810

• 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower
• the righteous run to it and are safe.