1. How should we respond to the problem of wicked people prospering?

2. “...JESUS CAN'T SAVE YOU, LIFE STARTS WHEN THE CHURCH ENDS.” EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (JAY-Z)

3. Ohohohoh I’m in love with Judas In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense Judas, kiss me if offenced, Or wear an ear condom next time I wanna love you, But something’s pulling me away from you Jesus is my virtue, Judas is the demon I cling to I cling to “JUDAS” BY LADY GAGA

4. THE RICH

6. THE POWERFUL The Party Has Its Own, Safe Food Supply in China while the public’s food supply remains hopelessly compromised. - Asia Times

7. THE POWERFUL Kim Jong-un 'spent over $600m in a year' while North Korean citizens starved to death - The Indenpendent

8. AROUND US Thomas Barrow (Downton Abbey), backstabber, frames others, bullies new colleagues, thief and liar- yet he became the under butler!!

9. Anger and jealousy HOW NOT TO RESPOND

10. RIGHTEOUS ANGER- MOSES BREAKING THE STONE TABLES IN ANGER

11. WE ARE AGITATED BECAUSE We think God is being unjust We think God is being inconsistent We want what the wicked have and we don’t (though we think we deserve it more than they) so we are jealous and irritated

12. ANGER CAN LEAD TO SIN Because we might be tempted to believe that God doesn’t actually exist and give up on our faith

13. ANGER CAN LEAD TO SIN We might give up doing good altogether we might be tempted to try our luck and flirt with evil deeds. It may start small, but it may escalate and completely lead us astray

14. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO GET AGITATED AND ANGRY Because though the wicked flourish for a little while, they will wither and be destroyed

15. SIDE COMMENTS ABOUT WICKED PEOPLE PROSPERING 1.The so called “wicked” people might not actually be “wicked” 2.God delaying judgement on the wicked because he wishes to give them opportunity to repent 3.Prosperity could actually be God’s judgement

16. HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO WICKED PEOPLE PROSPERING IN THIS WORLD? Meditate on the ending for the wicked soon passed away and was no more (v36) No future (v38) Be completely destroyed (v28, 34, 38 etc)

17. HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO WICKED PEOPLE PROSPERING IN THIS WORLD? Meditate on the blessings of the righteous Will inherit the land (v9 v11 v29) Enjoy peace and prosperity (v11) Under the Lord’s care (v17, 18) Inheritance endure forever (v18) Will not wither will enjoy plenty (v19) May stumble but will not fall (v24) Not be forsaken or children be begging bread (v25)

18. HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO WICKED PEOPLE PROSPERING IN THIS WORLD? Trust, Commit, Be still, Wait Patiently

19. HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO WICKED PEOPLE PROSPERING IN THIS WORLD? Trust in the Lord Keep doing good v3 Tell God the desires of your heart v4 Pray for the wicked to turn back to God v27 Make God your greatest desire & delight v4, 23

20. BACK TO PSALM 73 What you delight in? Prosperity on Earth? Or God? “ Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever ” Psalm 73:25-26