THEME: It Is Written
SERIES: Life is an Adventure!
TITLE: Cutting the Trail
Scripture: Psalm 16
I. TAKE TIME FOR A BACKWARD GLANCE
What to do about your past:
1. Look back and be stifled, almost paralyzed
2. Use as a stepping stone
3. Lesson to be learned and share it with others
When you boil it all down this is what you’ve got:
You can live a (wasted) life
You can live a (wise) life.
Every trail, every life, has three things: a (past), a (present), and a (future).
Turn to Psalm 71:5-7, 9, 18, 20. (p.484)
II. TAKE TIME FOR A FORWARD LOOK
Lessons we can learn from Psalm 16:
1. We are to remember (who God is). [Verses 1-2] This is the look (backward). An interesting phenomena occurs in these verses: Elohim, Jehovah and Adonai are all used.
Elohim represents (power)
Jehovah speaks of His (personal interest).
Adonai speaks of His (presence).
2. We are rehearsing what (God is doing). [Verses 5-8]
God is our (Completeness).
God is our (Certainty).
God is our (Contentment).
God is our (Confidence).
3. We rejoice is what God (will do). [Verse 10]
SERIES: Life is an Adventure!
NEXT WEEK: A Well-Marked Trail- Psalm 37:1-11