Trusting God

with Our Lives

Psalm 5
Cast All Your Care On God
1 Peter 5:7

•How?
– Humble, submissive service, v. 5
– Faith that God will lift you up, v. 6
– Watchful resistance against the devil, v. 8-9
•Psalm 5: Example of trusting God with
our lives
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• Remember that God hears
and answers your prayers
A – Hear my words, 5:1-2; Psa. 4:1
– Consider my meditations
MORNING (ponderings), Rom. 8:26
• Pray all the time! Psa. 55:16-17
PRAYER (Lk. 6:12)
– Morning, Mk. 1:35
– Daytime, Lk. 4:42
– Evening, Acts 3:1
• Commitment, 5:3; Lk. 18:1, 8
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• Trust God’s moral clarity,
5:4-6
REMEMBER – Workers of iniquity will not
GOD’S succeed before God, Psa. 1:5
– Sinners can expect no help
WARNING from God (1 Pet. 3:12)
TO THE • This gives the faithful ones
confidence in prayer, 2 Ths.
WICKED 1:4-7 (Exo. 14:10, 15, 30; Jas.
5:4) Jno. 9:31; 1 Pet. 3:10-12
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• God’s mercy enables and

FIND provides for worship, 5:7
– Worship is a moment of mercy
RENEWAL and a time of praise, Jno. 4:23
– God’s mercy toward us moves
IN us to worship Him, Matt. 14:33
WORSHIP (Heb. 10:19-25)
• Fear of God motivates, 5:7
– His name (power) is holy and
reverend, Psa. 111:9-10
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• Depend on God’s way of

FIND righteousness, 5:8
– Our enemies do not, Rom. 8:31,
RENEWAL 35-39 (Rev. 17:14)
IN – Results in continuous praise,
Psa. 119:164
WORSHIP – David prayed for a “straight”
way, Psa. 25:4-5; 27:11
– God’s commands, Psa. 119:172-173

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• God’s justice pronounces

DENUNCIATION guilt and punishment
• Give place to God’s wrath,
OF WOE Rom. 12:17-21
ON THE – Don’t be anxious, Psa. 73:1-3 (13),
27-28
WICKED – Repay evil with good, Rom. 12:
20-21 (Matt. 5:38-42)
– Don’t retaliate…remain pure,
1 Tim. 6:11
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• Burdens are lifted at

ANTICIPATE Calvary
THE – Victory of faith, 5:11; Jno. 16:22, 33
– Joyful in God’s protection, 5:11;
BLESSINGS Rom. 8:38-39
AND FAVORS • God blesses righteous, 5:12
OF THE – In present trials, Phil. 4:6-7
– Anticipate future, Jas. 5:7-8, 11
RIGHTEOUS – Crown of righteousness,
2 Tim. 4:7-8; Col. 3:4
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Lead me, O LORD, in Your

CENTRAL righteousness because
of my enemies;
THEME Make Your way straight
before my face. (5:8)