Week 3 | Confident No Matter What

From Psalm 27

📖 Psalm 27:1 (ESV) The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

📖 Genesis 3:9-10 (ESV)  But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 

Without the God gives, our lives with the the world .

📖 Joshua 1:5-7 (ESV) Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go…

📖 Psalm 27:3 (ESV) Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

It’s entirely possible to experience and still be in God.

We grow in confidence when:

1. We embrace God’s .

📖 Psalm 27:1 (ESV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 

📖 1 Samuel 17:36-37 (ESV) Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” 

We grow in confidence when:

2. We prioritize in God’s .

📖 Psalm 27:4 (ESV) One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. 

We grow in confidence when:

3. We know God our .

📖 Psalm 27:6-7 (ESV) And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! 

📖 Psalm 27:8-9 (ESV) You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” 9 Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

📖 John 6:44 (ESV) No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

📖 Genesis 3:8-9 (ESV) they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

📖 Psalm 27:10 (ESV) For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in. 

📖 1 John 5:14 (ESV) And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will he hears us.

We grow in confidence when:

4. We receive God’s for .

📖 Psalm 27:11 (ESV) Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

📖 Psalm 119:104 (NLT) Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.

📖 Romans 12:2 (ESV) Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

We grow in confidence when:

5. We remind ourselves of God’s .

📖 Psalm 27:13-14 (ESV) I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

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