Sermon Outline:

Four Lessons on Trouble (Psalm 3:1–8, ESV)

• Trouble & Temptation (Psalm 3:1–2)
  

​¹ O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
² many are saying of my soul,
“There is no salvation for him in God. Selah

• Trouble & Trust (Psalm 3:3–4)

³ But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
⁴ I cried aloud to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

• Trouble & Tranquility (Psalm 3:5–6)

⁵ I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
⁶ I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.

• Trouble & Triumph (Psalm 3:7–8)

⁷ Arise, O LORD!
Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
⁸ Salvation belongs to the LORD;
your blessing be on your people! Selah