Message Notes

TRUST IN THE LORD

1. Trust in God declared   (Psalm 16:1)

2. Praying for preservation   (Psalm 16:1)

REMEMBERING TRUST EXPRESSED IN GOD

1. From the depths of the soul   (Psalm 16:2)

2. Declaration   (Psalm 16:2-3)

a) You are my Lord

b) My goodness is nothing apart from you

c) As for the saints (fellow-believers)

i) They are excellent

ii) Soul delights in them

IDOLATRY   (Psalm 16:4)

1. He will never turn to idols

2. He will never worship them

3. David was one of the rare kings who never worshipped idols

REJOICING IN THE LORD’S PROVISION   (Psalm 16:5-6)

1. You are my portion and my cup

2. You maintain my lot

3. A good inheritance

WALKING WITH THE LORD   (Psalm 16:7-8)

1. Counsel from the Lord

2. Instruction from meditation

3. The Lord at his right hand

4. Unmoved by circumstances of life

JOY IN THE LORD   (Psalm 16:9-11)

1. Heart is glad

2. Glory in the Lord

3. Trusting in his hope in God

a) Even in death

b) Soul would not see corruption

4. Presence of God

a) Fulness of joy

b) Pleasures forevermore