Responding to Violence: Unshakable Confidence in God Alone (Psalm 62)

Sermon Notes

1. Pause your soul (vv. 1-2)

   a. What do you mean pause? (v. 1)
   b. Who do I pause for? (v. 1)
   c. Why should I pause? (v. 2)

2. Protest your suffering (vv. 3-4)

   a. Protest the Violent Persons (v. 3)
   b. Protest their Violent Plans (v. 4a)
   c. Protest their Violent Practices (v. 4c-d)

3. Preach your Savior (vv. 5-8)
   a. To yourself (vv. 5-7):

   i. Hope in the LORD. (vv. 5-7)
   b. To others (vv. 8-11)
   i. Trust in the LORD (v. 8)
   ii. Trust not in people (v. 9)
   iii. Trust not in plunder (v. 10)
   iv. Trust not in prosperity (v. 10b)
   v. Trust in the God of Power (v. 11a)
   c. To God (v. 11b-12)
   i. Trust in the God of Loving-Faithfulness (v. 11a)
   ii. Trust in the God of Justice and Peace (v. 12b)