1. First, check out the five (5) REASONS we can have CONFIDENCE in our God! (Psalm 31:1-5)

” In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. 3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. 4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”

• Reason #1. The Lord is My DELIVERER! (v. 1)
• Reason #2. The Lord is My ROCK! (v. 2)
• Reason #3. The Lord is My FORTRESS! (v. 3)
• Reason #4. The Lord is My STRENGTH! (v. 4)
• Reason #5. The Lord is My REDEEMER! (v. 5)

2. Second, check out the five (5) VALLEYS in life we face! (Psalm 31:9-13)

“9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.”

• VALLEYS of TROUBLE (v. 9)
• VALLEYS of GRIEF (v. 10)
• VALLEYS of REPROACH (v. 11)
• VALLEYS of BROKENESS (v. 12)
• VALLEYS of FEAR (v. 13)

3. Third, check out the three (3) WAYS we can TRUST our LORD! (Psalm 31:15-18)

“15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. 17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”

• We need to Acknowledge our life is in HIS HANDS! (v. 15)
• We need to ask our LORD for His FAVOR! (v. 16)
• We need to appeal to our LORD for BOLDNESS! (vv. 17, 18)

4. Fourth, check out the seven (7) BLESSINGS for THANKING God! (Psalm 31:19-24)

“9Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. 23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”

• THANK JESUS for His GOODNESS! (v. 19)
• THANK JESUS for His PRESENCE! (v. 20)
• THANK JESUS for His KINDNESS! (v. 21)
• THANK JESUS for His CARE! (v. 22)
• THANK JESUS for His PRESERVATION! (v. 23)
• THANK JESUS for His STRENGTH! (v. 24)