Message Notes

YAG-YC RETREAT                            SESSION # 9
Text: Psalm 77

Subject: Remembering the Works of God in the Day of Trouble

1. In the day of trouble

a)    God urges His people to seek Him    Psalm 50:15

b)    This was what Asaph did        Psalm 77:2

2. How Asaph sought the Lord initially

a)    My hand was stretched out without ceasing    Psalm 77:2

b)    My soul refused to be comforted        Psalm 77:2

c)    I remembered the Lord, and was troubled    Psalm 77:3

d)    I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed    Psalm 77:3

e)    I am so troubled I cannot speak        Psalm 77:4

f)    This is my anguish                Psalm 77:10

3. When questions lead nowhere

a)    Will the LORD cast off forever?            Psalm 77:7

b)    And will He be favourable no more?        Psalm 77:7

c)    Has His mercy ceased forever?            Psalm 77:8

d)    Has His promised failed forevermore?        Psalm 77:8

e)    Has God forgotten to be gracious?        Psalm 77:9

f)    Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies?    Psalm 77:9

4. I will remember

a)    I call to remembrance my song in the night    Psalm 77:6

b)    I meditate within my heart            Psalm 77:6

c)    My spirit makes diligent search            Psalm 77:6

d)    The years of the right hand of the Most High    Psalm 77:10

e)    I will remember the works of the LORD        Psalm 77:11

f)    Surely I will remember Your wonders of old    Psalm 77:11

g)    I will also meditate on all Your works        Psalm 77:12

h)    And talk of Your deeds            Psalm 77:12

5. God’s Way

a)    Your way is in the sanctuary            Psalm 77:13; Psalm 73:17

b)    Who is so great a God as our God?        Psalm 77:13

c)    You are the God who does wonders        Psalm 77:14

d)    You have declared Your strength to Your people    Psalm 77:14

e)    You have redeemed Your people        Psalm 77:15

6. Reflection on the leading of God

The Crossing of the Red Sea        Psalm 77:16-18

7. Deep lessons about the Lord and His leading

a)    our way was in the sea

b)    Your path is in the great waters

c)    Your footsteps were not known

d)    You led Your people like a flock

e)    By the hand of Moses and Aaron