1. Nourishment for the Soul

2. “The picture that emerges is a mixture of order and informality of arrangement, which invites but also defeats the attempt to account for every detail of its final form.” –Derek Kidner “The picture that emerges is a mixture of order and informality of arrangement, which invites but also defeats the attempt to account for every detail of its final form.” –Derek Kidner

3. Nourishment for the Soul “The book of Psalms is God’s prescription for a complacent church, because through it He reveals how great, wonderful, magnificent, wise, and utterly awe-inspiring He is.” –NIV Bible Commentary “The book of Psalms is God’s prescription for a complacent church, because through it He reveals how great, wonderful, magnificent, wise, and utterly awe-inspiring He is.” –NIV Bible Commentary

4. Food for the Soul

5. “It seems likely that this psalm was specially composed as an introduction to the whole Psalter. Certainly it stands here as a faithful doorkeeper.” -Kidner “It seems likely that this psalm was specially composed as an introduction to the whole Psalter. Certainly it stands here as a faithful doorkeeper.” -Kidner

6. Food for the Soul The world offers to feed our souls

7. Psalm 1:1 (NASB) 1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

8. Proverbs 13:20 (NASB) 20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

9. Food for the Soul The world offers to feed our souls

10. Food for the Soul The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls

11. Psalm 1:2-3 (NASB) 2 But his delight is in the law of the L ORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.

12. Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NASB) 5 Thus says the L ORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord. 6 For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes, but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land of salt without inhabitant.

13. Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NASB) 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the L ORD and whose trust is the L ORD. 8 For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.”

14. Food for the Soul The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls

15. Food for the Soul The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls Our souls reflect our diet The world offers to feed our souls The Word offers to feed our souls Our souls reflect our diet

16. Psalm 1:4-6 (NASB) 4 The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the L ORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

18. Food for the Soul “The righteous are those who are related by covenant with the Lord, who live by His Word, who produce things of eternal value.” –Allen Ross “The righteous are those who are related by covenant with the Lord, who live by His Word, who produce things of eternal value.” –Allen Ross

19. How is your soul? What are you feeding your soul? What people do you need some distance from? What poisonous information are you feeding your soul? Are you reading God’s Word daily? How is your soul? What are you feeding your soul? What people do you need some distance from? What poisonous information are you feeding your soul? Are you reading God’s Word daily? Nourishment for the Soul