Psalm 1 is a Psalm that deals with receiving the right counsel which shows that God wants to fellowship through wise counsel with Him. The reason for choosing this Psalm is when seeking wise counsel, it brings about a fresh revelation from God, along with encouragement through Him. Robinson state, “Remember that you are not lecturing to people about the Bible. You are talking to people about themselves from the Bible. This statement, therefore, should be in fresh, vital, contemporary language.” The purpose of the sermon is that this means one does not have to beat someone over their head to let them know that choosing the right counsel is not only wise but healthy.
Consequently, with the passage chosen, outline number one is best for this Psalm. The reason for choosing this style is that it gives a better methodology of receiving the proper aspect of counseling. In this passage, it must be stated and re-stated so that the hearer understands the importance of the subject. Robinson explains, “When we make any declarative statement, we can do only four things with it: we can restate it, explain it, prove it, or
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Introduction: Psalm 1. The destination of the righteous and the finish of those that are ungodly through proper counseling.
A. Receiving the right counsel is important if one wants to walk right with God. People that walk right with God will receive the blessings from Him. Walking with Him brings about unity and God says in Psalm 133, where there is unity, God commands His blessings.
B. When some decide to receive the wrong counsel, it is due to their feeding into their own ego or pride. This echoes Absalom in 2nd Samuel 17. Ahith’ophel had given him sound advice, however, Hushai, a spy for David, gave him advice that was bad and appealed to Absalom’s pride.
C. How does that apply to our lives today? When someone is giving you counsel that appeals to your pride or to boost your ego, just as with Absalom, can lead to destruction rather than
... a cry for help “Save me god (commentary note)”. Maybe the psalmist is saying that it is this coming to awareness of our failing as human beings and our efforts to transcend those flaws are those that will bring true salvation. It may not be misfortune that Christ does not look at the drowning supplicant, but to the angel next to him; perhaps man is really alone, he finally must come to Christ, confessing all of his sins and weaknesses.
As a Christian counselor, we have the power of the Word on our sides, but so many of us do not understand how to properly apply scripture into the counseling relationship in an effective manner. In Interventions that Apply Scripture in Psychotherapy, Garzon (2005) attempts to accomplish the following; educate individuals on the various techniques one can use to apply scripture, and to encourage and stimulate God ordained creativity in the hopes to create new techniques and methods for applying God’s Word in the counseling relationship.
The fiftieth psalm begins with the heading “A psalm of Asaph”. Whether it was officially written by him or simply dedicated to him , it is noteworthy to understand who Asaph was and the impact he had on the music and worship of Israel. Asaph was part of a music guild in the court of David along with Heman (1 Chronicles 6:39 ) and Ethan (1 Chronicles 15:19). These men were appointed to lead the musical celebration for the return of the Ark of the Covenant when King David danced passionately enough to embarrass his wife Michal (1 Chronicles 15:16ff). He also served under the leadership of King Solomon during an incredibly significant theophany of the glory of God (2 Chronicles 5:12-14). Perhaps this dramatic encounter with God led to the divine inspiration of Psalm 50’s theophany. Not only was Asaph a music leader, but also a writer of music and referred to as a “seer” (2 Chronicles 29:30). Evidently Asaph’s ability to “see” was an asset in the writing of this psalm, for Asaph “saw” quite a startling prophecy of God and his coming judgments on His people.
N. T. Wright’s The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential reminds us of the differences found within the importance of God’s time, space, and matter in comparison to our time, space and matter perspectives. In our limited human capacity we as human kind take our miscues from the human perspective when chasing after the material gains of this world as we put our prayerful meditations and relationships to God on the back burner of our lives while redirecting our energies toward the relationships we cultivate with our wealth. If we as Christian cultivate our relationship with God we will be recognize the wealth we seek can only be found in our relationship with Our Father and Our Savior Jesus Christ as He is the provider of our wealth. He sees clearly our needs providing for them daily. If we could see the realities of our time, spac...
The book of Psalms is one of the most useful books all throughout the Biblical text. It is not just a book of stories or law but personal praises, laments, and the deepest cries of the soul to the one true King: Yahweh. The Psalter is “the most reliable theological, pastoral, and liturgical resource given us in the biblical tradition” (pp. 1). These psalms pave a path for practical faith in the world today. Author, theologian, and teacher, Walter Brueggemann, goes into depth on the psalms of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation to discuss that through the unexpected high and low seasons of life one can turn to the Psalms for authentic conversation with God.
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The main point that I would choose to speak from Psalm 119 is that the Word of God is a guide for us as we live our lives. In verse 105 the psalmist writes "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." Once I saw that verse and than read the first chapter from DeYoung's book, I tried thinking of times when I responded to it by saying "Yes!, Yes!, Yes!" as DeYoung writes about on page fifteen, and why I responded that way. Or why I respond to the Word in the other two ways that DeYoung mentions. As DeYoung describes the Word of God in his book I find it amazing that I struggle to find time to read and be amazed by it. DeYoung writes that he wants us to start believing that the Bible is perfect, understandable, the most important
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bless to be a counselor, but Dr. Crabb's biblical teaching in Christian counseling will lay out the foundational requirement to enable the ones
Today’s culture is one where people like to do as little work as possible. Even when it comes to reading our own scripture, The Holy Words of God, a lot of people like to look up one verse and reference it to something without knowing what the rest of the passage says. Psalms 109 is no exception, it is one the more widely misused passages as of late. A popular verse from Psalms 109 is verse 8 which reads “Let his days be few; and let another take his office”, this is seen in reference to our current president, but what people fail to realize is what else David is actually praying. This paper is going to go through Psalms 109 and unpack it verse by verse to show the true meaning of what David was praying and to give us a new look at how to pray.
Newman, Willis C. Bible Teaching about Christian Counseling: Theory and Practice Tacoma: Newman International LLC 2006) 32.
person is in, there is a psalm to match it. For example, Psalm 19 is
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