Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6

Great Is Thy FaithfulnessPsalm 6

The Big Picture: Overcoming the Vice Grip of Sin

and Suffering

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6

“In this world you will have trouble!” (John 16:33)

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6

Satan uses our guilt over sin and our grief over suffering to

tempt us to squeeze God out of our souls

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have

overcome the world” (John 16:33).

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6

God uses His forgiveness of our sin and His compassion for our

suffering to draw our souls closer to His faithful heart

When Beaten Down By Sin, We Cry Out to Our Gracious Savior and He

Hears Our Cry for Mercy

“O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal

me, for my bones are in agony” (Ps. 6:1-2).

Satan Uses Our Guilt Over Sin to Tempt Us to Doubt God’s Mercy:

Psalm 6:1-2

“O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal

me, for my bones are in agony” (Ps. 6:1-2).

Satan Uses Our Guilt Over Sin to Tempt Us to Doubt God’s Mercy:

Psalm 6:1-2

“Correct me, LORD, but only with justice—not in

your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing” (Jer. 10:24).

God Uses His Forgiveness of Our Sin to Draw Us Closer to His Merciful Heart: Psalm 6:2, 9

“Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony”

(Ps. 6:2).

God Uses His Forgiveness of Our Sin to Draw Us Closer to His Merciful Heart: Psalm 6:2, 9

“Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with Moses and proclaimed his name,

the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The LORD, the LORD, the

compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness,

rebellion, and sin” (Exodus 34:5-7).

God Uses His Forgiveness of Our Sin to Draw Us Closer to His Merciful Heart: Psalm 6:2, 9

“Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in

agony” (Ps. 6:2).

God Uses His Forgiveness of Our Sin to Draw Us Closer to His Merciful Heart: Psalm 6:2, 9

“You say that the sins which we commit every day offend God, and therefore we are not saints. To

this I reply: Mother love is stronger than the filth and scabbiness on a child, and so the love of God toward us is stronger than the dirt that clings to us. Although we are sinners, we do not lose our family relationship on account of our filthiness,

nor do we fall from grace on account of our sin.”

God Uses His Forgiveness of Our Sin to Draw Us Closer to His Merciful Heart: Psalm 6:2, 9

“The LORD has heard my cry for mercy” (Ps. 6:9).

When Beaten Up by Suffering, We Cry Out to Our Compassionate

Savior and He Hears Our Weeping: Psalm 6:5-8, 10

Satan Uses Our Grief Over Our Suffering to Tempt Us to Doubt

God’s Compassion: Psalm 6:5-8, 10

“No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed

with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail

because of all my foes” (Ps. 6:5-7).

God Uses His Comfort in Our Suffering to Draw Us Closer to His Compassionate Heart: Psalm 6:8

“Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping” (the

voice of my weeping) (Ps. 6:8).

God Uses His Comfort in Our Suffering to Draw Us Closer to His Compassionate Heart: Psalm 6:8

“The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us

with groans that words cannot express” (Rom. 8:26).

God Uses His Comfort in Our Suffering to Draw Us Closer to His Compassionate Heart: Psalm 6:8

“Weeping may remain for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O, LORD, be my help. You turned my mourning into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed

me with joy” (Ps. 30:5, 10-11).

God Uses His Comfort in Our Suffering to Draw Us Closer to His Compassionate Heart: Psalm 6:8

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When Beaten by the Silence of God, We Cry Out to Our Forever Faithful

Shepherd and He Honors Our Prayers with His Presence: Psalm

6:3-4, 9

Satan Uses Our Anguish Over the Silence of God to Tempt Us to Doubt God’s Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:3

“My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how

long?” (Ps. 6:3).

God Uses His Forever Faithfulness to Draw Us Closer to His

Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:4, 9

“Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your

unfailing love” (Ps. 6:4).

“See the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with

him, and his recompense accompanies him. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers

the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have

young” (Isaiah 40:10-11).

God Uses His Forever Faithfulness to Draw Us Closer to His

Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:4, 9

“Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your

unfailing love” (hesed)(Ps. 6:4).

God Uses His Forever Faithfulness to Draw Us Closer to His

Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:4, 9

“I remember my affliction (suffering) and my wandering (sin), the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them and my soul is downcast within me (silence of God). Yet this I call to mind and

therefore I have hope…” (Lamentations 3:19-24)

God Uses His Forever Faithfulness to Draw Us Closer to His

Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:4, 9

“…Because of the Lord’s great love (hesed) we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The LORD is my

portion; therefore I will wait for him.’ The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one

who seeks him” (Lamentations 3:19-24).

God Uses His Forever Faithfulness to Draw Us Closer to His

Shepherding Heart: Psalm 6:4, 9

The Big Question: Whose View of God Will We Believe—Satan’s or

Christ’s?

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Psalm 6