1. Learning to Make All of Life Prayer

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior.”

2. Learn to pray what you know of God (verses 1-4)

3. Learn to cry out to God in the storm (verses 5-7)

“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.” “In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.”

4. Learn to make much of God’s salvation (verses 8-16)

“The poetry portrays God entering the chaos of David’s life and overturning it.” Robert Alter

5. Learn to see your story as a part of God’s story (verses 17-20)

“He drew me out of many waters…He brought me out into a broad place…”

6. Learn that your life matters within the context of God’s purpose (verses 21-27)

7. Learn the strange saving ways of God (verses 28-31)

“You save a humble people.” “By you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.”

8. Learn to see real witnesses that point to Jesus (verses 31-46)

9. Learn to go after the main things (23:1-7)

10. Learn that Jesus will be your Forever Rock (22:47-51)