Praying Through Guilt | Raw Prayers | Week 3
Praying Through GUILT
5/21/2023 | Pastor Derek | Psalm 51
Big Idea: Bringing your guilt to God moves you out of your past and into your future.
Failed strategies for dealing with guilt:
- Denial.
- Comparisons.
- Rationalization.
- Blame
- Reinventing God.
The Backstory of Psalm 51: 2 Samuel 11-12.
Three heart cries as you pray through GUILT
- FORGIVE me (1-6).
- CLEANSE me (7-12)
7 promises of Spiritual Cleansing
- God will cleanse you with His blood (:7)
- God will renew your hope. (:8)
- God will remove your sins. (:9)
- God will restructure your desires. (:10)
- God will renew the Holy Spirit’s power. (:11)
- God will restore your joy. (:12a)
- God will give you new desires. (:12b)
3. USE me (13-15)
Praying Psalm 51
- Pray for FORGIVENESS (:1–9): “Have mercy”; “Wash me”; “Purge me”; “Blot out.”
- Pray for CLEANSING (:10–12): “Renew me”; “Cast me not away”; “Restore me.”
- Pray for OBEDIENCE and offer yourself to God (:13–17): “I will . . .”; “Broken spirit”; “Contrite heart.”
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