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Psalm 1 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: July 21, 2016

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:3)

What an incredible verse that tells us 'whatever he does shall prosper'.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

Sometimes our source of blessing is not obvious.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

Like with your paycheck it may look like your boss is your source, but God is your actual source of your paycheck.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

We recognize God as our source of blessing by honoring Him with our first fruits.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

We choose everyday between being a blessing or a cursing.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

We must put on the altar any desire to be rich so that it does not become an idol.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

We learn from scripture that since God gives us the power to get wealth, wealth itself cannot be sinful or bad. It can become sin, if it becomes the priority over the Lord.

Life Lesson (Psalm 1:6)

Make it a goal to bless others. To be a blessing to others.

Selected Notes/Illustrations

Psalm 23 undone

I have no shepherd
I want and am in need
I have no one to feed me in green pastures
I have no rest
I have no one to lead to quiet waters
I am thirsty
I have no one to guide me in the right ways
I don't know where to turn
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, evil surrounds me
I am terribly afraid for no one is with me to comfort me
I have no feast prepared for me
I am overwhelmed by my enemies
No one anoints my wounds or fills my cup
My cup is empty
All the days of my life are filled with disappointment and deceit
I have no home for eternity
Will I dwell in an evil house forever?

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Ps 1:3 NKJV

He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

Eph 5:26 NKJV

that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

Gen 12:3 NKJV

I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

Ps 119:105 KJV

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ps 119:11 KJV

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Ps 24:5 NKJV

He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Ps 109:17 NKJV

As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Ps 129:8 NKJV

Neither let those who pass by them say,
"The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!"

Prov 10:22 NKJV

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.

1 Tim 6:10 NKJV

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Tim 6:6 CJB

Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have.

1 Tim 6:8 NKJV

And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

1 Tim 6:9-10 NKJV

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Deut 8:17-18 NKJV

17 then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.'
18 "And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Mal 3:8-12 NKJV

8 "Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
'In what way have we robbed You?'
In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,"
Says the Lord of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,"
Says the Lord of hosts;
12 And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be a delightful land,"
Says the Lord of hosts.

Deut 30:19-20 NKJV

19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

Ps 109:17 NKJV

As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

James 3:8-12 NKJV

8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

Eph 4:28 NKJV

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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