Psa
42:1 As the hart panteth
after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psa
42:2 My soul thirsteth for God,
for the living God:
Mat
5:6 Blessed are they which do
hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
II.
WE MUST TITHE OUR INCOME.
Mal
3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may
be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Luke
6:38 Give, and it shall be
given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete
withal it shall be measured to you again.
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Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of
the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered
him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
A.
WHEN FINANCIAL DARKNESS COMES, I CAN STILL SING.
III.
WE MUST TAKE TIME FOR CHURCH.
Psa
42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I
had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the
voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Psa
122:1 I was
glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Heb
10:25 Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
IV.
WE MUST STAY HUMBLE BEFORE GOD.
Psa
42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they
continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
James
4:6 But he giveth more grace.
Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble.
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GOD
IS OUR HELP.
Psa
42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help
of his countenance.
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GOD
IS OUR HOPE.
Psa
42:11 Why art thou cast down, O
my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I
shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
C. GOD IS OUR HEALTH.
ALSO IN VER .11
V.
WE MUST STAY CONFESSED UP.
Psa
43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding
joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
1
John 1:9 If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
A.
DARK TIMES WILL COME , WE CAN STILL SING A SONG FOR THE
LORD ---“ I SAW THE LIGHT. “
