Nearer Through Being Overwhelmed


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Nearer into the Presence of God Series

“Nearer Through Being Overwhelmed” Psalm 3 (Bible, p. 448)

John Marcott, Pastor of Ministry Development August 22 & 23, 2015 Finding yourself outnumbered can force you to redo the math. Being overwhelmed can help shove you back to the One who alone can calm chaos. Fitfully tossing and turning is a losing battle until we accept that God's work for me is more important than my work for Him.

1. Outnumbered (3:1-2)

2. Overwhelmed (3:3-4, 7-8)

3. Overtired (3:5-6)

Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor “...though the anointed King's ‘landscape’ is in disarray, his faith in God gives his spiritual ‘inscape’ order. His faith expresses itself in Psalm 3 and serves as a model prayer that turns an upside-down world right-side up.” - Bruce Waltke “...it is words already ancient in his day that the psalmist finds to be a living basis for his assurance.” - Michael Wilcock “I'm so tired I haven't slept a wink. I'm so tired my mind is on the blink. I wonder should I get up and pour myself a drink.” Lennon and McCartney “And I could have done so many things, baby. If I could only stop my mind from wonderin' what. I left behind and from worrying 'bout this wasted time.” - Glenn Frey and Don Henley “...the Psalms were the hymnbook that Jesus and his first followers would have known by heart...” - N.T. Wright “Augustine's first principle is that before you know what to pray for and how to pray for it, you must become a particular kind of person. You must account yourself desolate and you must see that your heart's loves are disordered...” - Tim Keller “If we wish to develop in the life of faith, to mature in our humanity, and to glorify God with our entire heart, mind, soul, and strength, the Psalms are necessary. We cannot bypass the Psalms. The Psalms are the requisite toolbox for working the faith. The Psalms are acts of obedience, answering the God who has addressed us.” Eugene Peterson