FINDING OUR DELIGHT IN GOD ALONE

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart” —Psalm 37:4

To delight in God means to find our deepest, most satisfying joy and pleasure in Him above all else.

1. The

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to Delight

• Psalm 37:4- Delighting in God is an imperative
  

• Romans 12:2- Delighting in God requires Action
  

• Phil. 3:7-8- Delighting in God requires a right view of self
  

2. The

Reveal Answer

of Delighting

• 2 Sam. 15:30- in the very middle of his hardship, David points us to the priority -Find your delight in the very person of God,
  

• Habakkuk 3:17-18- Our delight in God transcends all of our circumstances and is not dependent on our situation because He Himself is our delight.
  

3. The

Reveal Answer

of Delighting

How to nurture the habit of delighting in God

• We delight in contemplating God’s

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• We delight in beholding God’s

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  • We marvel at His
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    (Psalm 19:1)
  • We Marvel at His
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    (Isaiah 40)
  • We Marvel at His
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    (Romans 5:8-9)
    

• We delight in Consuming God’s

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  (Psalm 119)
  

4. The

Reveal Answer

of Delighting

• Psalm 37:4 - God gives us the desire of our heart
  

• Psalm 37:11 - God gives us abundant peace
  

• Psalm 37:23 - God directs our footsteps
  

• Psalm 37:31 - God’s ways become our ways.
  

BRING IT HOME

23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” - (ESV) —Jeremiah 9:23-24. -ESV