2. 1) Love For The Word Of
God
A. Psalm s 119:97
97 O how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
1) Reasons For This Attitude:
a. Scriptures Protect (Ps. 119:11)
b. Scriptures Revives (Ps. 119:50)
c. Scriptures Gives Peace (Ps. 119:165)
3. 1) Love For The Word Of
God
B. Jesus’ Actions
1) Matthew 4:4, 7, 10
a. But He answered and said, ‚It is written,
4
‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT
ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE
MOUTH OF GOD.’‛
b. 7 Jesus said to him, ‚On the other hand, it
is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD
YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’‛
c. 10 Then Jesus *said to him, ‚Go, Satan! For
it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE
LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’‛
4. 1) Love For The Word Of
God
C. How Is Our Love For The Word Of
God?
1) Psalms 1:1-3
5. Psalms 1:1-3
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in
the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of
water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
6. 2) Love For Prayer
A. Psalm s 116:1-2
1 I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to
me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as
long as I live.
1) Reasons For This Attitude:
a. Answered Prayers (Vs. 1-2)
7. Psalms 116:12-13
12What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I shall lift up the cup of salvation
And call upon the name of the
LORD.
8. 2) Love For Prayer
A. Psalm s 116:1-2
1 I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to
me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as
long as I live.
1) Reasons For This Attitude:
a. Answered Prayers (Vs. 1-2)
b. Blessings (Ps. 116:12-13)
9. Psalms 145:18
18
The LORD is near to all who call
upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
10. 2) Love For Prayer
A. Psalm s 116:1-2
1 I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to
me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as
long as I live.
1) Reasons For This Attitude:
a. Answered Prayers (Vs. 1-2)
b. Blessings (Ps. 116:12-13)
11. 2) Love For Prayer
B. Jesus’ Actions
1) Luke 5:16 - 16 But Jesus Himself
would often slip away to
the wilderness and pray.
2) Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-44)
3) The Cross:
a. 34 But Jesus was saying, ‚Father, forgive
them; for they do not know what they
are doing.‛ (Luke 23)
b. 46 ‚MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU
FORSAKEN ME?‛ (Matthew 27)
12. 2) Love For Prayer
C. How Is Our Love For Prayer?
1) Philippians 4:6-7 - 6 Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known to
God. 7 And the peace of God, which
surpasses all comprehension, will
guard your hearts and your minds
in Christ Jesus.
2) 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – ‚17 pray without
ceasing;‛
13. 3) Hatred For False
Ways
A. Psalm s 119:104
104 From Your precepts I get
understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
1) Reasons For This Attitude:
a. An Understanding of God’s Precepts (Vs.
104)
b. Obedience (Psalms 101:3-4, 6-7)
14. Psalms 101:3-4, 6-
3
7
I will set no worthless thing before
my eyes; I hate the work of those
who fall away; It shall not fasten its
grip on me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from
me; I will know no evil.
15. Psalms 101:3-4, 6-
6
7
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of
the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a blameless way is the
one who will minister to me.
7 He who practices deceit shall not
dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood shall
not maintain his position before me.
16. 3) Hatred For False
Ways
B. Jesus’ Actions
1) Matthew 23:13-36:
a. 8 Woes to the ‚Scribes and Pharisees,
and Hypocrites‛
17. 3) Hatred For False
Ways
C. What Is Our Attitude Toward False
Ways?
1) We Should Love the Sinner…
BUT ALWAYS Hate the Sin!
