What are your

influences?

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Psalm 1

The Path of Lifein the Psalms

Good Bad

Righteous Wicked

Good Bad

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The Bad

Choice

The Good Choice

The Bad

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The Bad

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…like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

James 1:6

The Bad

Choice

But didn’t Jesus eat with “tax collectors and sinners”?

The Good Choice

“but his delight is in the law of the LORD,

    and on his law he meditates day and

night.”

The Good Choice

meditate [ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt]vb

1. (intr; foll by on or upon) to think about something deeply2. (intr) to reflect deeply on spiritual matters, esp as a religious act3. (tr) to plan, consider, or think of doing (something)

Collins English Dictionary

The Good Choice

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The Good Choice

“In all that he does, he prospers.”

Really?

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The Good Choice

“The point of the simile is not that the righteous will not suffer, but rather that the

righteous will always have in God a reliable resource to

face and endure life’s worst.”

J Clinton McCann

What would my life look like if I tried to live out this psalm?

The Good Choice

1. I would grapple with the Bible, trying to understand it.

2. I won’t be afraid to ask questions.

3. I will be part of an inquiring community.

4. I will look outwards.

The Good Choice

Jesus ate with “tax collectors and sinners”.

The Good Choice