Help Comes From the Sanctuary

Help Comes From The Sanctuary
Psalm 20

Prepare Your Hearts

• If we do not prepare our hearts with the truth, we will be overcome.
  
• John 16:33
  
• I John 5:3-5
  
• I John 4:4

Psalm 20 - A Royal Psalm

• Vss 1-5 – My prayer for you
  
  • The prayer of faith
    
• Vs 6 – My assurance – Faith speaks!
  
• Vss 7-8 – Conclusion of trust – Faith rests!
  
• Vs 9 – Call to action! – Faith works!

Petition For Protection

• Vs 1 – a benediction – Beginning with Blessing!
  
  • Day of trouble – Establishes context
    
  • The preparation for battle
    
• Hebrews 4:16 “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
  
• John 10:28-30
• Vs 2 – Help comes from the Sanctuary
  
  • Ephesians 6 warfare of faith
    
  • Sanctuary = A sacred place
    
  • A place of refuge or asylum
• Vs 3 – Identity in worship & obedience
  
  • I Thessalonians 5:16-18
    
  • Romans 12:1-2
• Vss 4-5 – Faith believes before it see’s
  
  • Romans 8:31-35
• Vs 6 – Now I know!
  
  • The Confession of Faith
    
  • “Saves” is in prophetic perfect tense
    
  • This describes a future event as completed.
    
  • Following prayer comes assurance – anointing!
    
  • Ephesians 1:19-23
    
  • John 14:12
• Vss 7-8 – Trust is His Name
  
  • The Rest of Faith = Trust
    
  • II Corinthians 10:3-5
    
  • Philippians 2:9-11
• Vs 9 – Call For Deliverance
  
  • I John 5:4-5 “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”