LORD, I NEED A FAVOR (8 OF 22)
by Steve Wagers
Scripture: Psalm 119:57-64
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Series: A Closer Look at the Book: Psalm 119
Title: "Lord, I Need a Favor" (8 of 22)
Text: Psalm 119:57-64
Author: Steve Wagers
According to Harvard Business Review, when asking for a favor:
Be Direct, but Polite
Avoid the Guilt Trip
Show Respect
Don't Cross the Line
Take "No" for an Answer
Show Gratitude
Do Favors for Others
In the 8th stanza of the 119th Psalter, David is asking for a Heavenly favor. He is direct, but polite; he avoids the guilt trip, shows respect, doesn't cross the line, is grateful, but he doesn't seem to take "No" for an answer. He asks for a favor in faith, believing God will grant it.
(58) "I intreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word."
He knows his only help, his only haven, and his only hope comes not from the asking for the favor, but in the receiving of the favor.
The FAVOR of God would be the greatest FAVOR to David
1) A SIMPLE REQUEST!
The language of the Psalm suggests that David has suffered a loss in his life. Yet, while, perhaps it has been a material loss, it isn't a spiritual loss. He may have lost a JOB, but he never lost his JOY!
A) KINSHIP with the Lord (57)
"PORTION" - "allotment, share"
Albert Barnes: "God was to him what other people seek in wealth, honor, pleasure, fame. To him, God was all and in all. He asked, or wanted nothing else."
if we're not careful, we can so wrapped up in the BLESSINGS, we forget the BLESSOR. So enamored with the GIFTS, we forget the GIVER.
David understood the PERSON must come before the PRECEPT. He didn't keep the Word to get God; because He had God, he kept the Word.
A.B. Simpson:
"Once it was the blessings, Now it is the Lord.
Once it was the feeling, Now it is His Word.
Once His gift I wanted, Now, the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing, Now Himself alone."
If He's ALL YOU HAVE - He's ALL YOU NEED!
B) KINDNESS of the Lord (58)
David doesn't plead his innocence, or ...
Title: "Lord, I Need a Favor" (8 of 22)
Text: Psalm 119:57-64
Author: Steve Wagers
According to Harvard Business Review, when asking for a favor:
Be Direct, but Polite
Avoid the Guilt Trip
Show Respect
Don't Cross the Line
Take "No" for an Answer
Show Gratitude
Do Favors for Others
In the 8th stanza of the 119th Psalter, David is asking for a Heavenly favor. He is direct, but polite; he avoids the guilt trip, shows respect, doesn't cross the line, is grateful, but he doesn't seem to take "No" for an answer. He asks for a favor in faith, believing God will grant it.
(58) "I intreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word."
He knows his only help, his only haven, and his only hope comes not from the asking for the favor, but in the receiving of the favor.
The FAVOR of God would be the greatest FAVOR to David
1) A SIMPLE REQUEST!
The language of the Psalm suggests that David has suffered a loss in his life. Yet, while, perhaps it has been a material loss, it isn't a spiritual loss. He may have lost a JOB, but he never lost his JOY!
A) KINSHIP with the Lord (57)
"PORTION" - "allotment, share"
Albert Barnes: "God was to him what other people seek in wealth, honor, pleasure, fame. To him, God was all and in all. He asked, or wanted nothing else."
if we're not careful, we can so wrapped up in the BLESSINGS, we forget the BLESSOR. So enamored with the GIFTS, we forget the GIVER.
David understood the PERSON must come before the PRECEPT. He didn't keep the Word to get God; because He had God, he kept the Word.
A.B. Simpson:
"Once it was the blessings, Now it is the Lord.
Once it was the feeling, Now it is His Word.
Once His gift I wanted, Now, the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing, Now Himself alone."
If He's ALL YOU HAVE - He's ALL YOU NEED!
B) KINDNESS of the Lord (58)
David doesn't plead his innocence, or ...
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