Showing posts with label distress. Show all posts
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12/22/2014

Barely Able To Pray (Psalm 6)

Psalm 6:1-10, 2-3a

"Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony" (Ps 6:2, NLT). "...my whole being is shaken with terror" (Ps 6:3a, HCSB). "...my soul is in deep anguish" (Ps 6:3a, NIV).
From reading several different commentaries on Psalm 6, for some reason numerous (similar and different) titles for this sermon came to my mind that all seemed proper and appropriate to this psalm:
  • Crying in Helplessness.
  • Praying in Weakness.
  • Grieving Prayer.
  • Agonizing Prayer.
  • A Troubled Conscience.
  • Feeling Helpless and Hopeless.
  • Shaken by Weakness.
  • Broken and Shaken.
  • Overwhelmed, Yet Triumphant.
  • From Defeat to Defiance.
  • From Desperate Need to Great Assurance.
  • From Depression to Elation.