DON’T GET MAD… GET WITH GOD

PSALM 37

Pastor Rick Jackson

3 times this Psalm says “Fret not”. To our minds, that is “Don’tworry” but the truth is it means a little more than that. The word for “fret” is charah, khaw-raw'; a primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy:--be angry, burn, be displeased, × earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, × very, be wroth. And it is translated wroth, kindled, displeased way more than “Fret “

I. DON’T GET MAD- GET RIGHT WITH GOD [v. 1-6]

1. By Trusting In Him [v. 1-3]

2. By Delighting in Him [v. 4]

3. By Committing To Him [v. 5-6]

II. DON’T GET MAD- GET REST WITH GOD [v. 7-8b]

1. Wait Patiently for Him [v. 7]

2 Cease from Anger [v. 8a]

3 Forsake Wrath [v. 8b]

III. DON’T GET MAD- GET RIGHTEOUS WITH GOD [v. 8c-40]

1. Exercise Control [v. 8] Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

2. Expect Contentment [v. 9-10]

3. Exude Confidence [v. 11]