Handling Troubles The Right Way

1. A Critical Evaluation Vs. 3-8; 12-14

A. Destructive Enemy v. 3

B. Despairing Heart vs 4-5

C. Desire to Quit vs 6-8

D. Desperately Alone vs. 12-14

2. A Careful Supplication Vs. 1-2; 16-17

A. Pray Expectqantly v. 1

B. Pray Honestly vs. 2, 9, 15

C. Pray Passionately Vs. 2c, 16

D. Pray Persistently V. 17

3. A Continual Meditation Vs. 18-19

A. Past Performance v. 18

1. Salvation

2. Deliverance 1 Samuel 17:33-37

B. Permanent Person V. 19

Heb. 13:8

4. A Confident Anticipation Vs. 22-23

A. Throw Down -’Cast thy burden upon the Lord’

1. God will carry it

2. Idea of permanence -LEAVE IT THERE!!!

B. Hold On -’He shall sustain Thee’

1. Not "will", "Could", "Might" - or "ought to"

2. "sustain" - Keep in; keep full"

C. Hold Out ’Never suffer the righteous to be moved’

1. vanish - slip, shake or fall

D. Run To ’but I will trust in thee’

1. Run to for safety

2. Run to for deliverance

1 Peter 1:3-9