Search Me • Psalms Week 14

Search Me
Psalms • Week 14 • August 8, 2021
Teacher: Leanne Benton

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Psalm 139:23-24 NIV

“Search me, God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Search Me

Psalm 139:23a NIV

“Search me, God, and know my heart;”

Jeremiah 17:9 NLT

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it.”

Jeremiah 17:9 NIV

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

It’s one thing to understand that God knows everything about us.
It’s another thing to ask Him to bring those things to our attention!

“At its core, our heart is all about self—not Christ. It’s about what’s temporary—not eternal. It’s about what’s easy—not what’s right. It’s obsessed with what we want—not what God wants.” // Craig Groeschel

The me I want to be; a me I cannot see.

Reveal My Fears

Psalm 139:23 NIV

“Search me, and know my heart. Test me, and know my anxious thoughts.”

“This is what breaks my heart about worry. It makes you miserable in the present moment to try and prevent misery in the future. For chronic worriers, this process leads them to be continually distressed all their lives in order to avoid later events that never happen. Worry sucks the joy out of the ‘here and now’ to prevent an unrealistic ‘then and there.’” // Dr. Lucas LaFreniere

What we fear the most often reveals where we trust God the least.

“God, reveal my fears. Test me, and show me where my anxious thoughts fall.”

Uncover My Sins

Matthew 7:3–5 NLT

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.”

We confess to God for forgiveness.
We can confess to people for healing.

1 John 1:9 NIV

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

James 5:16 NIV

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.”

Romans 5:20 NIV

Where sin abounds, grace abounds much more.

Romans 5:17 NKJV

Much more will those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

Lead Me

Psalm 139:24 NIV

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

“Show me God what I need to DO to deal with what has been revealed.”

James 1:22-24 NLT

“But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance.”

Knowing God’s word is important but knowing without doing is tragic!