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Re-Orientation - Joy Comes in the Mourning
Psalm 30. Stephen J. Bennett
I. Thank You (verses 1-3)
1. What is more common in prayer: “thanks” or “petitions”?
Petitions,
2. What is the most numerous genre in the Book of Psalms?
Laments
3. What are the three main types of psalm?
Hymns, Thanksgiving, and Laments
4, What is an example of someone saying “I thank you" (etc.) in the Bible (there are
six in total)?
And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, | thank you that
fou have heard me.” John 11:41
How to people say “thank you’ in the psalms? (see Psalm 30: 1-3).
They explain what actions have been done that are worthy of praise
6. What do “thank you” and “hand” have in common?
Itis like pointing with one’s hand at the one who did something good and
worthy of thanks
I. Everyone Thank Him (verse 4)
7. What is better than thanking the Lord for what he has done.
To bring others into the praise and call them to praise too
III. Joy Comes in the Mourning (verse 5, 11-12)
8. What did people in the Old Testament view as
the cause of illness? even Vea na
God being upset with them
9, How do Christians view sufferings? 2
Atoken that we share in the sufferings sil So aR
of Christ
10. What do we thank God for that is greater
than the salvation of physical healing? (Matthew
1:21),
The salvation from sin and death by the
death of Christ
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