This Psalm pronounces a blessing upon those who fear the LORD!
1. What is the result of a true fear of the LORD in your life?
There is a relationship between a person’s __________ of God, and how he ______________ for God. Can you think of some examples?
2. What are the blessings promised when you fear the LORD?
Vs. 2. _______________________________________________
Vs. 2. _______________________________________________
Vs. 2. _______________________________________________
Vs. 3. _______________________________________________
Vs. 3. _______________________________________________
Vs. 5. _______________________________________________
Vs. 5. _______________________________________________
Vs. 6 ________________________________________________
Vs. 6 ________________________________________________
3. What does it mean to fear the LORD?
| Pr.1:7 | Pr.14:26 |
| Pr.1:27-29 | Pr.14:27 |
| Pr.2:1-5 | Pr.15:16 |
| Pr.3:7 | Pr.15:33 |
| Pr. 8:13 | Pr.16:6 |
| Pr.9:10 | Pr.19:23 |
| Pr.10:27 | Pr.22:4 |
| Pr.23:17 |
How should this Psalm influence our prayers tonight?
Selected Quotation:
Fear of God – Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary will help!
Fear: Noun: “In Scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion. In good men, the fear of God is a holy awe or reverence of God and his laws, which springs from a just view and real love of the divine character, leading the subjects of it to hate and shun every thing that can offend such a holy being, and inclining them to aim at perfect obedience. This is filial fear.
Slavish fear is the effect or consequence of guilt; it is the painful apprehension of merited punishment.”
Fear: Verb: “1. To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of … we have reason to fear the punishment of sin. 2. To reverence; to have an reverential awe, to venerate”
Magnify! 