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@Livingwater Study 10B HOW GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE Key-verse: ““May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.”” (Psalm 119:170) We know what it’’s like to be faced with sudden temptation, though possibly not the kind that threatened Joseph. Study Genesis 39 carefully, and notice the terrible temptation which came to him and the courageous way he overcame (verses 7-12); then notice how the whole situation was aggravated (verses 14-20); and finally, notice the word ““but”” in verse 21, and the words that follow on into verse 23. So there is deliverance for the child of God in times of sudden temptation, and here is the promise for you –- look up 1 Corinthians 10:13.we stopped at point 2 in the last part...there are still some point to note on how God deliver His people, may His deliverance not elude us. 3 . We need deliverance from gripping fear: the illustration of this is in Psalm 34 :4 , and the promise is in Proverbs 1 : 33 . It has been suggested

@Livingwater Study 10A HOW GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE Key-verse: ““May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.”” (Psalm 119:170) Our key-verse gives us a picture of King David praying to the Lord, earnestly requesting deliverance. What does this mean, ““deliver me according to your promise””? It means, according to the promises God has given in His Word and according to the examples that are recorded of His mighty deliverances. No less than ten times in this psalm David uses this expression when praying to the Lord –- see verses 28, 41, 58, 65, 76, 107, 116, 154, 169, 170. Let’’s study some of the ways in which we need God’’s deliverance, find a scriptural illustration of God delivering in that way; and then we shall look for a promise from the scriptures applicable to that special deliverance. 1 . We need deliverance from the guilt and penalty of sin : the illustration of this is in Luke 18 :9 -14 , and the promise is in Acts 13 : 38 -39 . Luke’’s pa

@Livingwater Study 9B PRAISING THE LORD FROM DAY TO DAY Key-verse: ““Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.”” (Psalm 119:164) God has not only come Himself in the Person of the Holy Spirit, to live within us, but He has given us His Holy Word to guide us in all matters relating to faith (that is, what we believe) and practice (that is, how we should live). The Bible is God’’s book, fully inspired from Genesis to Revelation (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21). The Bible is a reliable and authoritative revelation of the mind of God, and it is adapted to our needs while we are down here on earth. It tells us all we need to know about creation, redemption, God’’s plan for the world, for His Church, for Israel and for eternity. Without the Bible we are completely in the dark about God Himself, His Son, the salvation He has provided, about death and the hereafter.we stopped at point 2 in the previous part... 3 . Praise the Lord that the Holy Spirit is our Indwelling Comfo

@Livingwater Study 9A PRAISING THE LORD FROM DAY TO DAY Key-verse: ““Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.”” (Psalm 119:164) David was so full of love for the Lord, and with an appreciation of the Lord’’s greatness and goodness, that he said, “”Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.”” Praise includes petition and confession, but more particularly thanksgiving and adoration. To praise God means to ascribe glory and worship to Him (Psalm 50:23), and see the record we have of the vast number praising God in Revelation 7:9-14. Seven times a day David praised the Lord. What does this mean? The language suggests that he praised the Lord frequently and habitually with much love in his heart. Consider why we should praise Him:- 1 . Praise the Lord that God is our loving Heavenly Father There is much confusion about the biblical doctrine of the fatherhood of God; but from Malachi 2:10 and Acts 17:24-29 we learn that, while God is the Father of all men

@Livingwater Study 8B. A BELIEVER’’S HEART-CRY FOR REVIVAL Key-verse: ““It is time for you to act, O LORD; your law is being broken.”” (Psalm 119:126) We need to remind ourselves that revival is God’’s work. Only the sovereign Lord Himself can send revival. Man cannot produce it – – “according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will”” (Ephesians 1:11). And that is why in Psalm 85:6 we read, ““Will you not revive us again?”” –- with the emphasis on the word ““you””. It is also true that revival is the work and power of the Spirit of God manifested in the Church and through the lives of God’’s people. God is the Author of revival, but God’’s people have a responsibility to do their part and to open channels through which God may pour out His blessing. Notice 2 Chronicles 7:14, which reads, ““If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves…”…” Only God can send revival, but it begins in the hearts and lives of God’’s peop

@Livingwater Study 8A . A BELIEVER’’S HEART-CRY FOR REVIVAL Key-verse: ““It is time for you to act, O LORD; your law is being broken.”” (Psalm 119:126) It is quite obvious from these words that the psalmist was a very burdened and troubled man. He loved the Lord and wanted to please Him, but he was surrounded by godless and careless people who lived and acted as if God’’s laws, and even God Himself, did not exist. David was so affected by this spiritual and moral laxity, that suddenly all the pent-up longings of his heart gushed forth in an urgent heart-cry for revival, a passionate prayer to God Himself to step into the situation and do a mighty work that would turn back the tide of godlessness. How up-to-date this subject is! Indeed, this prayer of David’’s is the one prayer above all others that should be in our hearts and on our lips! The greatest need of our time is for God to work in spiritual revival in His Church, and thus to the world around.This take us to point one. 1