Two Ways Psalm 1

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Psalm 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 1 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 1 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 1 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Psalm 1 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

The first picture is a tree that is thriving.

The second picture is chaff that has become useless.

Whatever he does prospers… Whatever he does prospers…

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. We must deliberately choose what forms our thinking. who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

Jeremiah 17:5-10 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

Jeremiah 17:5-10 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

Jeremiah 17:5-10 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:5-10 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

Jeremiah 17:5-10 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.

Jeremiah 17:5-10 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

Jeremiah 17:5-10 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:5-10 "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. We live in, but we choose to not conform to our modern culture. or stand in the way of sinners

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. - Matthew 7:13

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.- Psalm 16:11

Living a blessed and prosperous life is a matter of a deliberate choice. We live with but we choose to not be one of those who are far from God. or sit in the seat of mockers.

Living a blessed and prosperous life is the result of spending time in God’s word to inform my thinking in a way that delights my heart.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

We are not called to a duty and obligation – but a delight and meditation. We are not called to a duty and obligation – but a delight and meditation.

The blessed and prosperous life that receives its strength from God, can weather the storms, produce measurable results and endure through all seasons.

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

A blessed and prosperous life is made so by its source of life.

A blessed and prosperous life is marked by strength and stability. A blessed and prosperous life is marked by strength and stability.

A blessed and prosperous life produces visible results. A blessed and prosperous life produces visible results. yields its fruit in season:

A blessed and prosperous life endures. A blessed and prosperous life endures. whose leaf does not wither

Bottom Line: A prosperous life is the result of intentionally tending to my interior life before God.