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Dan DeRoche | Psalm 6
Psalms 6:1-10 NIV
How do we experience God when life is hard and He seems silent?
A View of the Christian Life
· Justification
· Glorification (Where we are headed)
· Sanctification (In the meantime)
“This process of transformation can be the slowest motion in the entire world.” (John Coe)
Cry out to God for grace and mercy (vv. 1-3)
Psalms 6:1-3 NIV
Jesus is not afraid or hesitant to go into dark places.
Be honest with God about your fear and pain (vv. 4-7)
Psalms 6:4-7 NIV
Hesed - covenant loyalty, faithfulness, kindness, goodness, mercy, love, compassion... A love that will not let you go.
Remember God (vv. 8-10)
Psalms 6:8-10 NIV
“Amid the storm of his life, David looks not out, at his circumstances, nor in, at his own internal resources, but up, to the Lord of Mercy. Unloading the burdens of his heart in prayer, David does not apply a formula to his pain but rather this: God.” (Dane Ortlund)
Psalms 34:18 NLT
What do you want to tell God?