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The Greatest Story Ever Told How To Read And Understand THE PSALMS (Part 2)

Next Week’s Performers! Chris Aboagye/Stephen Aboagye/Jonathan Linn/Ben Somerville Christina Benjamin/Juliana Benson/Sarah Berry/Madeleine Yi Sierra Hill/Ali Kraatz Merlin Shorb Josh Clark

Today’s Performers! Tori Chow -- Piano “Tori’s Jazz Song” (Tori Chow) Hannah and Sarah Flowers -- Voice “Honest Questions” (Daniel Beddingfield) Emily Donovan -- Violin “Saint Kilda’s Wedding Song” Forrester Lee (Drums), Josiah Segui (Guitar/Vocals) “As Long As I Have Breath” (Mark Altrogge)

Seven Types of Psalms Laments (Ps. 3) Thanksgiving Psalms (Ps. 75) Hymns of Praise (Ps. 8) Salvation History Psalms (Ps. 78) Psalms of Celebration & Affirmation (Ps. 2) Wisdom Psalms (Ps. 37) Songs of Trust (Ps. 125)

Tips for Interpreting Psalms Musical poetry Don’t mistake the metaphors (Ps. 98:8) Literary units Read each psalm as a whole Words to God instead of words from God Three ways we benefit from the Psalms Guides to worship Examples of relating honestly to God Models of meditation on God and his works

Mad Gab Mania! Sample: Ape Peep Pulp Her Sun Eight Hey Blanch Hair Ache Oink Election For Teed Asian Fourteen Heights

Spiritual Symptom #3: Remembering Psalm 136 “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever…to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever…” (vs. 1,10) Remembering God’s deeds of deliverance Modern Americans: Battle at Fort McHenry Ancient Israelites: Exodus from Egypt A spiritually healthy person will grow in faith and gratitude by remembering God’s mighty deeds

Spiritual Symptom #4: Morality Psalm 1 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers…” (v. 1) Morality: Choices between right and wrong Right belief leads to right behavior Good fruit comes from a good root A spiritually healthy person will obey God’s commands by God’s power for God’s glory

Spiritual Symptom #5: Repenting Psalm 32 “I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.” (v. 5) We sin against God and others daily through… Sins of commission Sins of omission A spiritually healthy person will do more than feel sorry for sin -- he will repent and turn away from it

Jesus -- Our Model of Spiritual Health Remembering A greater Deliverer than Moses! Morality By his perfect life he earned for us what we could never earn Repenting “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Turn to Jesus and turn away from your sin!

podium Table for water/OJ Table for coffee table Starting Point Class Set-Up -- Revised 10/2/09 14 chairs