Message Notes

DECLARATION OF LOVE FOR THE LORD

1. I will love You, O LORD   (Psalm 18:1)

2. Fulfilment of the commandment to love the Lord

You shall love the LORD Your God   (Deuteronomy 6:5)

REASONS FOR LOVE FOR THE LORD

1. O LORD, my strength   (Psalm 18:1)

2. The LORD is my rock   (Psalm 18:2a)

3. My fortress   (Psalm 18:2b)

4. My deliverer   (Psalm 18:2c)

5. My God, my strength   (Psalm 18:2d)

6. My shield   (Psalm 18:2e)

7. The horn of my salvation   (Psalm 18:2f)

8. My stronghold   (Psalm 18:2g)

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD

1. Love   (Psalm 18:1)

I will love You, O LORD

2. Trust

In whom I will trust   (Psalm 18:2)

3. Calling on God   (Psalm 18:3a)

I will call upon the LORD

4. Praise   (Psalm 18:3b)

He is worthy to be praised

CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD

1. So I shall be saved   (Psalm 18:3c)

Trust in the Lord made this confidence possible

2. Recalling a tough situation

a) Death

The pangs of death surrounded me   (Psalm 18:4a)

b) Fear

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid   (Psalm 18:4b)

c) The grave

i) The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me   (Psalm 18:5a)

ii) The snares of death confronted me (Psalm 18:5b)

6. Calling upon the LORD

a) Distress

In my distress I call upon the LORD
And cried out to my God (Psalm 18:6a)

b) God hears

He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him even to His ears (Psalm 18:6b)