PSALM CHAPTER 16
MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:
GROWING THROUGH FAITH

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WHY IS GOD GOING TO DO GOOD FOR US ?

1. HE WANTS TO REWARD OUR FAITH.  PRESERVE ME,  FOR…
   A. WE RECEIVE BLESSINGS BY FAITH. ROM. 1:17.
         BLESSING OF A NEW WALK. 2 COR. 5:7, HEB. 10:38.
         BLESSING OF BEING ABLE TO STAND. 2 COR. 1:24,
             HEB. 11:24-27.
         BLESSINGS OF BEING ABLE TO PLEASE GOD.
             HEB. 11:5-6.
         BLESSINGS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. EPH. 1:3
   B. GOD REWARDS OUR RECEIVING OF HIS WORD. ROM. 4:3

2. HE SEES OUR HUMILITY BEFORE HIM.
   A. HE WILL NOT RECEIVE US OTHERWISE. PROV. 15:25,
        LUKE 1:51. —DAVID ACKNOWLEDGES HIS
        UNWORTHINESS. (LIT.=“I HAVE NO CLAIM TO YOUR
        GOODNESS.”) I PET. 3:12
   B. GOD’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PROUD.
        PROV. 21:2-4, I PET. 5:5.

3. WE CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF HIS WAYS FOR LIVING.
        *ISAIAH 55:8-9.
   A. WE SEE THE TRAGEDY OF THE UNGODLY. V.4, PS. 37:13*
        (GOD SEES IN ADVANCE).
   B. WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE WITH THE WORLD’S WAYS.
        V.4. 2 TIM. 2:21, 2 COR. 6:14.
   C. WE BELIEVE BY FAITH THAT GOD REWARDS DOING HIS
        WILL. HEB. 11:6, REV. 22:12—AND A REQUIREMENT TO
        GET IT: HEB. 10:35.