Jun. 22, 2025

SUMMER IN THE PSALMS
Week 4 - Get Real!
June 22, 2025

Prayer is not what _____________ people do when they are at their ______________.

Prayer is what __________________ people do with their _______________________.

It's just an invitation to come to God ______ ______ _______.

Psalm 51:1-4 (NLT) Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.

Psalm 51:1-3 (MSG) Soak out my sins in your laundry. I know how bad I've been; my sins are staring me down.

God's discipline isn't to _______ _________ back; it is to _______________ _________ back.

Psalm 51:4-7 (NLT) Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgement against me is just. 5 For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there. 7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:8-10 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—now let me rejoice. 9 Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.

Psalm 51:16-17 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

The humble and honest heart finds _____________ and ________________.