Psalm 3 and Trauma- Karl Hood

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Message Outline

‘It’s over’  ‘Get on with it’  Really? Is that all there is to do?

Psalm 3 line by line

Applying this psalm today

Read and speak the psalm as it is

Find yourself in the psalm 

Speak to God

  • tell him what you face specifically    title, v1,4

  • tell him what you know about him that is relevant  v3,7,8

  • ask him to help you – calling out loud  v4,7a

Speak to yourself

  • about the Lord who rules and rescues  v4,5

  • about your resolve  v6

  • about where deliverance comes from  v8

  • about your God-centred story

Speak to others  - about your own story   

Speak with others – with the psalms and about many stories    

Remember who God is – and write it down  v3,4b,5,7,8

Leave vengeance with God - remember that evildoers will perish v7b

See and remember God’s hand in your past and future rescue  v8a

Move out beyond yourself to love others  v8b

“Salvation belongs to the LORD “   Psalm 3:8a ESV   also  Rev 7:10,  19:1

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