Psalm 128

Points of Interest
Psalm 128
I. Call to Worship:  Psalm 108:1-4
II. Offering passage:  II Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture references:

• I Tim. 5:8 tells us – “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
  
• Leviticus 23:22 – “When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.”
  
• 2 Thess. 3:10 – “For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.”
  
• Prov. 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
  
• Ps. 104:15 – “And wine which makes man’s heart glad …”
  
• Ps. 33:12 – ‘blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD’
  

IV. Notes:

• fear of the LORD is:
  

    1. the beginning of wisdom - Job 28; Ps. 111; Prov 1, 9, 15 
    2. to hate evil (Prov. 8)
    3. prolongs life (Prov. 10)
    4. is a strong confidence (Prov. 14)
    5. keeps one away from evil (Prov. 16)
V. Quotes:

• DA Carson  - ‘people do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward     godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith and delight in the LORD.’
  
• Martin Luther said once, ‘let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave’
  

Cross-references:

• Jeremiah 29:5-7