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Psalm 56 Choosing to serve God and to serve, lead and influence people with a Biblical excellence. - Pastor David McGee

Psalm 56 Choosing to serve God and to serve, lead and influence people with a Biblical excellence.Bible

Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: November 18, 2021

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

In 1 Samuel 15, Saul clings to leading in an ungodly way. In 2 Samuel, with David and Absalom, we see David being willing to walk away from being King.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

Some people, especially men, thirst for more and more power and some people hold it loosely.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

Saul became a symbol, a picture, a tale of failed leadership. David became one of the greatest leaders in history.

Statement (Psalm 56:)

The Lord of Sabboath

Statement (Psalm 56:)

David’s Shemot Tov Names

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Boaz, means ‘fleetness’
Jesse’s grandfather, with Ruth.
David’s great grandfather.

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Samuel, or Shamuel, or Shem El
Name God, ‘Gods Name’,
The Prophet and High Priest of Israel who anointed Saul, David.

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Jesse, means ‘I posess’
David’s father

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Eliab, ‘My God is Father’,
1st son of Jesse,
David’s oldest brother

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Abinadab, ‘My Father is willing’*
2nd son of Jesse *’noble’
David’s older brother

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Shemia, ‘Name is fame’
3rd son of Jesse
David’s older brother, also
Son of David by Bathsheba
Pls note Shema

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Nathanael, ‘Given of God’
4th son of Jesse
David’s older brother

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Raddai, means ‘Trampling’
5th son of Jesse
David’s older brother

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Otzem, “I shall hasten them’
6th son of Jesse
David’s older brother

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Joab, ‘Yahweh is Father’ or
‘God is Father’
David’s military General,
David’s sisters son.

Statement (Psalm 56:)

No doubt David looked to Saul as a father and Saul didn’t do well either.

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Abigail, ‘My Father is Joy’
Wife of David, widow of Nabal,

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Nabal- Villain, ‘evil fool’,
Gibbor, Gibborim Hero
God is a Hero!

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Absalom, ‘My Father is Peace’
Son of David and led rebellion against his father King David

Statement (Psalm 56:)

Adoption by a Perfect Father

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

None of us have had perfect earthly fathers, neither have any of us been perfect fathers. God is the only perfect Heavenly Father and He… chooses us.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

Adam had the perfect father, God, and Adam still rebelled.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

We can choose our way or the Lord’s way, the Fathers way.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

All of us must forgive our earthly fathers, who were not perfect, but were a picture of our perfect Heavenly Father, God.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

Some of us had good examples, some great examples, some had examples of what not to do, and the fatherless had God Himself, for an example.

Life Lesson (Psalm 56:)

We can either choose our own way and lack peace or we can choose the Biblical Heavenly Fathers way and have peace.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

1 Samuel 16:13 NKJV

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:14 NKJV

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.

1 Samuel 16:15 NKJV

And Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you.
OT Holy Spirit Theology
NT Holy Spirit Theology

Judges 16:13 NKJV

Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me what you may be bound with.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the loom”--

Judges 16:14 NKJV

So she wove [it] tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, “The Philistines [are] upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.

Judges 16:15-20 NLT

15 Then Delilah pouted, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don’t share your secrets with me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!” 16 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it. 17 Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.” 18 Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she sent for the Philistine rulers. “Come back one more time,” she said, “for he has finally told me his secret.” So the Philistine rulers returned with the money in their hands. 19 Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off the seven locks of his hair. In this way she began to bring him down, and his strength left him. 20 Then she cried to do things to please his flesh.

Joshua 5:14 KJV

And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Joshua 5:15 KJV

And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And Joshua did so.

Exodus 12:41 KJV

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 1:3 KJV

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

1 Samuel 1:11 KJV

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1 Samuel 4:4 KJV

So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Samuel 15:2 KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

1 Samuel 17:45 KJV

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

2 Samuel 5:10 KJV

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him.

2 Samuel 7:26 KJV

And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

1 Kings 18:15 KJV

And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

1 Chronicles 11:9 KJV

So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.

1 Chronicles 17:24 KJV

Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.

Psalm 46:7 KJV

The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 24:10 KJV

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 46:11 (KJV) KJV

The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.

2 Timothy 4:9-17 NKJV

9 Be diligent to come to me quickly; 10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica--Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. 12 And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13 Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come--and the books, especially the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. 15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words. 16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Colossians 2:13-14 NKJV

13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Colossians 2:13-14 NLT

13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

Psalm 27:10 NKJV

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me.

Proverbs 10:12 NKJV

Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.

Proverbs 17:9 NKJV

He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.

John 13:34 NKJV

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Ephesians 5:19-20 NLT

19 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. 20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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