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Lesson Summary:

The psalmist praises the LORD for His goodness, lovingkindness, and salvation.

Focus Passage: Psalms 118

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Praise Him Because He is Good (118:1-9)

Principle: Because of His Lovingkindness and Goodness, the LORD is Worthy of the Praises of His People.
Application: How could you praise the LORD today for His goodness and lovingkindness towards you?
Scripture Reference

³ Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You.
⁴ So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. Psalms 63:3-4 (NASB)

II. Praise Him Because He Saves (118:10-21)

Principle: Because Only He Saves, the LORD is Worthy of the Praises of His People.
Application: How is your life praising the LORD for saving you?
Scripture Reference

²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
²¹ He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21 (NASB)

III. Praise Him Because He is Our Cornerstone (118:22-29)

Principle: Because He Alone is Our Cornerstone, the LORD is Worthy of the Praises of His People.
Application: How is your life showing the LORD is your foundation, your cornerstone?
Scripture Reference

¹¹ He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone.
¹² And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:11-12 (NASB)