VOICE OF THE SINGER #3

PSALM 51
June 21, 2009
with Adam Waters

Last Sunday was a great and unique experience. We took the entire service and read loads of our Psalms and incorporated them into our entire worship time. Here's what it looked like (sermon/extended communion devo notes are after)...

Ashley read PSALM 126
Song of Praise ~ Psalm 126

Matt read PSALM 150
Song of Praise ~ Let Everthing That Has Breath

Corrie read PSALM 84
Song of God’s Presence ~ Better is one Day in Your Courts

Al read Psalm 36:5-9
Song of God’s Vastness ~ Your Love Oh Lord

Adam read our Song of Forgiveness ~ Psalm 51 and gave the devotion.

Matt read Psalm 24
Song of Purity ~ Clean Hands

DEVOTION
As with singing, our communion with our Savior is laced with Scripture. From the times when Jesus implemented the simple meal, to the apostles sharing it daily in Acts, to finally Paul’s teachings on the proper way for the feast in 1Corinthians. Today, we want to examine PSALM 51 and the heart of where we should be during communion…

GAVE A BUNCH OF BACKGROUND TO THE DAVIDIC STORY on Ps. 51
• Appeal to the Father's Heart PSALM 51 (NLT) 1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
o Have mercy on me.
o Because of your love cleanse me.

• Recognize Your Condition 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. 5 For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.
o I realize my sin.
o I have broken your heart.
o I know your punishment is good.
o I understand that my fallen state is no excuse.

• Plead Your Case 7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice. 9 Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. 11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
o Wash me again.
o Help me not to stay in a downtrodden place, but rather in a place of joy!

• Change Your Life Path 13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you. 14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. 15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.
o I must tell others about what has happened.
o How I have sinned… and how you have saved!

• Live Like the Father's Heart Has Ransomed You 16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. 18 Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit—with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
o We must not be satisfied with following the law of religion.
o We must become totally broken and dependent on the Father.
o We must not fall victim to works, but rather “heart-change”


CLOSE:
We are going to close our service with communion… A time of repentance, a time of remembrance, a time to take the truth of what Jesus asked us to do and make it practical…