Message Notes

COMBINED MEETING 26 October 2019
AM, YAG, YMG, YPG 1-3
Text: Psalm 116

REMEMBERING 2019

1. The tough circumstances of life

a) Times of trouble

i) Trouble and sorrow (Psalm 116:3)

ii) Brought low (Psalm 116:6)

iii) Tears (Psalm 116:8b)

iv) Feet falling (Psalm 116:8c)

v) Greatly afflicted (Psalm 116:10b)

b) Pains of death surrounded (Psalm 116:3a)
Pangs of Sheol laid hold of me (Psalm 116:3b)

2. The prayers that were offered to the LORD

a) I called upon the name of the LORD (Psalm 116:4a)

b) “O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul” (Psalm116:4b)

3. The things that were exercised

a) Faith
I believed (Psalm 116:10)

b) Prayer
My supplications (Psalm 116:1b)

4. Appropriate responses:

a) Love for the LORD
“I love the LORD” (Psalm 116:1a)

b) Calling upon the LORD
I will call upon Him
as long as I live (Psalm 116:2)

c) Returning to the Lord
Return to your rest, O my soul (Psalm 116:7)

d) Rendering to the Lord

i) I will take up the cup of salvation (Psalm 116:13)

ii) I will pay my vows to the LORD (Psalm 116:14)

iii) I am Your servant (Psalm 116:16)

iv) I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving (Psalm 116:17)