The document summarizes key points from Psalm 61:1-7. It discusses how God hears our prayers, leads us to the rock higher than ourselves which is a reference to God, and is our refuge and strong tower. It notes that God has given believers the heritage of an eternal salvation, which is our inheritance as those who fear His name. The overall message is that God protects those who cry out to Him and call on Him as their refuge.

1. The Heritage
and the
Inheritance

2. Psalm 61:1-7
1 Hear my cry, O God;
attend to my prayer. 2 From
the end of the earth I will
cry to You, when my heart is
overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is
higher than I.

3. Psalm 61:1-7
3 For You have been a
shelter for me, a strong
tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.
Selah

4. Psalm 61:1-7
5 For You, O God, have
heard my vows; You have
given me the heritage of
those who fear Your name. 6 You will
prolong the king’s life, His years as many
generations.

5. Psalm 61:1-7
7 He shall abide before God
forever. Oh, prepare mercy
and truth, which may
preserve him! 8 So I will sing praise to
Your name forever, that I may daily
perform my vows.

6. Psalm 61
• Attend to my prayer
Verse 1 - Hear my cry, O
God; attend to my prayer.

7. Psalm 4:1
Hear me when I call, O
God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in
my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear
my prayer.

8. Psalm 86:1
Bow down Your ear, O
Lord, hear me; For I am
poor and needy.

9. 2Chronicles 7:14
…if My people who are
called by My name will
humble themselves,
and pray and seek My face, and turn
from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin
and heal their land.

10. Isaiah 65:24
It shall come to pass That
before they call, I will
answer; And while they
are still speaking, I will hear.

11. Psalm 61
• Attend to my prayer
• Lead me to the rock
Verse 2 - From the end of the earth I will
cry to You, when my heart is
overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that
is higher than I.

12. 1Samuel 2:2
No one is holy like the
Lord, For there is none
besides You, Nor is there
any rock like our God.

13. Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my
fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in
whom I will trust; My shield
and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold.

14. Psalm 18:31
For who is God, except the
Lord? And who is a rock,
except our God?

15. 1Corinthians 10:1-4
Moreover, brethren, I do not
want you to be unaware
that all our fathers were
under the cloud, all passed through the
sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea,

16. 1Corinthians 10:1-4
3 all ate the same spiritual
food, 4 and all drank the
same spiritual drink. For
they drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them, and that Rock was
Christ.

17. Psalm 61
• Attend to my prayer
• Lead me to the rock
• God is our refuge

18. Psalm 61:3,4
3 For You have been a
shelter for me, a strong
tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.
Selah

19. Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times,
you people; Pour out your
heart before Him; God is
a refuge for us. Selah

20. Psalm 31:2
Bow down Your ear to
me, Deliver me speedily;
be my rock of refuge, a
fortress of defense to save me.

21. Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and
strength, A very present
help in trouble.

22. Psalm 61
• Attend to my prayer
• Lead me to the rock
• God is our refuge
• He has given us a heritage

23. Romans 8:16,17
16 The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit that
we are children of God,
17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of
God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed
we suffer with Him, that we may also be
glorified together.

24. Psalm 61:5
For You, O God, have heard
my vows; You have given
me the heritage of those
who fear Your name.

25. Psalm 119:111
Your testimonies I have
taken as a heritage
forever, for they are the
rejoicing of my heart.

26. Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against
you shall prosper, and
every tongue which rises
against you in judgment You shall
condemn. This is the heritage of the
servants of the Lord, and their
righteousness is from Me,” says the Lord.

27. 1Peter 1:3,4
3 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us
again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,

28. 1Peter 1:3,4
4 to an inheritance
incorruptible and
undefiled and that
does not fade away, reserved in heaven
for you …