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Mar '23

Psalm 18

Posted on Mar 30, 2023 by admin in General |

30
Mar '23
Seize the Moment – Day 1108

Thank God for Salvation!

Psalm 18

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, March 30.

 

Psalm 18 is a song of thanksgiving, from which we learn how to thank God for our salvation. Psalm 18:1-3 begins with David’s celebration of God’s victory over his enemies:

 

I love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

David praised God for his salvation! He did so by describing God with eight military terms in the first two verses: God is my strength, my rock (2x), my fortress, my deliverer, my refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold! As a military man, David chose words from his own experience to describe God’s victory. How would you personally describe the God of your salvation? Journal your answer: “I love You, Lord Jesus! You are my
 
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When you know from what you have been saved, and that you were unable to rescue yourself from it, then your personal thankfulness for God’s victory grows. David described the tangible danger of his own situation in verses 4-5, “The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.” How would you describe the situation from which God rescued you? Journal your answer: “Thank you, Jesus, for rescuing me from
 
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Seize the moment and pray Psalm 18, meditating upon your thankfulness to God for sending His Son Jesus Christ to save you – “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4-5).

 

God bless you!

 

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