Preserve our life Lord, according to your love

Psalm 119:88, 159(God’s unfailing love preserves our life)

          

             ⁸⁸ In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

          ¹⁵⁹ See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.                      

Psalm 41:2(The Lord protects and preserves His people)

             ¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
² The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land—
   he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.              

Ezr 9:9(God has not forsaken us and has given us a wall of protection)

            ⁹ Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.                       

Psalm 71:20(God restores our life from troubles and bitterness)

            ²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.              

Psalm 138:7(when we are in trouble, God preserves our life)

                              ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

Psalm 143:11(God preserves our life for His name’s sake and brings us out of trouble)

                              ¹¹ For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1) God preserves our life by His unfailing love

2) God preserves our life with a wall of protection and has not forsaken us

3) God preserves our life by restoring us from many troubles and bitterness

4) God preserves our life for His name sake

5) God preserves our life as we have regard for the weak

we should not forsake God’s precepts

Psalm 119:87(we should not forsake God’s precepts)

                ⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

 Isa 1:4, 28(we should not spurn the Holy One of Israel and turn our backs on him)

                ⁴ Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers,
   children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

²⁸ But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

Isa 58:2(we should not forsake the commands of God)

                ² For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.

We have the following from the above verses

 1) We should not forsake God’s precepts in all facets of life

2) We should not spurn the Holy One of Israel and turn our backs on him

3) We will not forsake the commands of God by

       a) seeking God day after day

       b)the eagerness to know His ways

      c) doing what is right

Let God’s compassion come to us

Psalm 119:77(Let your compassion come to us that we may live)

                ⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

Psalm 90:13(Have compassion on your servants)

                ¹³ Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

Psalm 103:13(The LORD has compassion on those who fear him)

                ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

Mal 3:17(we are God’s treasured possession, for He spares us as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him)

                ¹⁷ “On the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”

1 John 3:1(we are called children of God because of His great love and compassion)

                ¹ See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1)      God is compassionate towards His servants

2)      The Lord has compassion on those who fear Him

3)      God spares us as His own son, because of His compassion

4)      We are called as His children because of His great love and compassion

May God’s unfailing love be our comfort

Psalm 119:76(May God’s unfailing love be our comfort)

                ⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

Psalm 6:4(Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love)

                ⁴ Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 13:5(we trust in your unfailing love God; our heart rejoices in your salvation)

                ⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 31:16(God saves us in His unfailing love)

                ¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 77:8 – 15(God’s unfailing love will not vanish)

                ⁸ Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

¹⁴ You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
¹⁵ With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

Psalm 85:7(God grants us salvation by showing us His unfailing love)

                ⁷ Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 119:41(God’s unfailing love is our salvation)

                ⁴¹ May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;

Isa 54:10(God’s unfailing love for us will not be shaken nor His covenant of peace be removed)

                ¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)      God’s unfailing love is our comfort

2)      God’s unfailing love is our salvation

3)      God delivers and saves us because of His unfailing love

4)      Our heart will rejoice in His salvation, when we trust in God’s unfailing love

5)      God’s unfailing love will not vanish

6)      God grants us salvation by showing us His unfailing love

7)      God’s unfailing love for us will not be shaken nor His covenant of peace be removed

May those fear God rejoice

Psalm 119:74(May those fear God rejoice)

                ⁷⁴ May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.

Psalm 34:2(we will extol God at all times to rejoice)

                ¹ I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. ² I will glory in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

Psalm 34:9, 10(Those who fear God lack nothing)

                ⁹ Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
¹⁰ The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 130:4, 5(we serve God with reverence, as there is forgiveness with Him)

                ⁴ But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

Deut 6:13(Fear the LORD your God, serve him only)

                ¹³ Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

Rev 14:7(Fear God and give him glory, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.)

            ⁷ He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Psalm 23:1(when LORD is our shepherd, we lack nothing)

1         The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

We learn the following from the above verses

Why do we fear God?

a)      We fear God so that we can rejoice in our affliction.

b)      We fear God so that we will lack nothing

c)       We serve Him with reverence, as there is forgiveness with Him

d)      We fear God, as He is our God

e)      We fear God as He is all powerful who made heavens, the earth, the sea and springs of water

f)       We fear God as He is our shepherd

God's hand made us and formed us

Psalm 119:73(God’s hand made us and formed us)

                ⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

Gen 1:27(God created us in His own image)

                ²⁷ So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them.

Job 4:17(God is our maker)

                ¹⁷ ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?  Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?

Job 10:8(God’s hand made us and shaped us)

                ⁸ “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

Psalm 138:8(your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.)

                ⁸ The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever—
   do not abandon the works of your hands.

Psalm 139:13 -16 (we should praise God as He made us wonderfully through His works)

                ¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well. ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
   all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Few things that are more precious

Psalm 119:72(The law from God’s mouth is more precious to us)

                ⁷² The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Job 28:17, 23(The wisdom is from God and cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir)

                ¹⁶ It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

                ¹⁷ Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

                ²³ God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

Psalm 19: 9, 10(The fear of the Lord is more precious than gold)

                ⁹ The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm,
   and all of them are righteous.

                ¹⁰ They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey,
   than honey from the honeycomb.

Job 22:24(Almighty will be our gold, the choicest silver for us)

                ²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent  ²⁴ and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, ²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. ²⁶ Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. ²⁸ What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

Pro 8:10(Choose God’s instruction and His knowledge)

                ¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,