1. “PRESCRIPTION
FOR
HAPPINESS”
PSALM 1

2. How blessed is the man
who does not
walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight
is in the law of YAHWEH,
And in His law he meditates
day and night.

3. He will be like a tree
firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does,
he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff
which the wind drives away.

4. Therefore the wicked
will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners
in the assembly of the righteous.
For YAHWEH
knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked
will perish.

5. PSALM 1
INTERPRETATION: To God’s
“Covenant People,” the nation of
Israel.
APPLICATION: To God’s
“Current People,” The Church…
believers in Jesus Christ.

6. Prescription For Happiness-Psalm 1
MAKE GOOD CHOICES:
• Watch your “walk”: NOT in the
counsel of the wicked!
• Watch your “stance”: Not in the
path of sinners!
• Watch your “seat”: Not in the
seat of scoffers!

7. WALK
STAND
SIT

8. NOT in
the
counsel WALK
of the
wicked

9. “Walk by the Spirit and
you will not fulfill the
desires of the flesh…
NOT in Eph. 5:18
the “…so that you will walk
in a manner
counsel WALK worthy of the Lord, to
of the please Him in all
wicked respects, bearing fruit in
every good work and
increasing in the know-
ledge of God; Col. 1:10

10. NOT
in the
path
STAND
of
sinners

11. Therefore, my
beloved brethren
NOT whom I long to
in the see,
path my joy and crown,
STAND in this way
of stand firm in the
sinners Lord,
my beloved.
Philippians 4:1

12. NOT
in the SIT
seat
of
scoffers

13. Therefore if you have been
raised up with Christ, keep
seeking the things above,
where Christ is, seated at
NOT the right hand of God.
in the SIT Set your mind on the things
seat above, not on the things
of that are on earth.
scoffers For you have died and your
life is hidden with Christ in
God.
Colossians 3:1-3

14. Prescription For Happiness-Psalm 1
MAKE GOOD CHOICES:
• Watch your “walk”: NOT in the
counsel of the wicked!
• Watch your “stance”: Not in the
path of sinners!
• Watch your “seat”: Not in the
seat of scoffers!

15. Prescription For Happiness-Psalm 1
CHOOSE GODLY COMPANIONS!

16. Proverbs 13:20:
“He who walks with
wise men will be wise,
but the companion of
fools will suffer harm.”

17. Proverbs 22:24-25:
“Do not associate with a man
given to anger;
Or go with a
hot-tempered man,
Or you will learn his ways
And find a snare for
yourself!”

18. Proverbs 23:20-21:
“Do not be with heavy
drinkers of wine, Or with
gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the
glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a
man with rags.”

19. Proverbs 24:1-2:
“Do not be envious
of evil men, Nor desire
to be with them;
For their minds devise
violence, And their lips
talk of trouble.”

20. Proverbs 27:17:
“Iron sharpens iron,
So one man
sharpens another.”

21. Prescription For Happiness-Psalm 1
CHOOSE GODLY COMPANIONS!
Beware of conformity!
SEEK WISE COUNSEL!
WATCH YOUR PLEASURES!

22. Prescription For Happiness-Psalm 1
PRACTICE COGITATION!
Meditate on God and His Word!
CULTIVATE GODLY CHARACTER!
KNOW THAT CHOICES HAVE
CONSEQUENCES!!!

23. The Righteous… The Wicked…
• Blessed! • Are like chaff which
• He will be like a tree the wind drives away
firmly planted by • Will not stand in the
streams of water… judgment
--which yields its fruit • Will not stand in the
in its season assembly
--and its leaf does not of the righteous
wither
• And in whatever he
does, he prospers
• The Lord knows his
way.

24. DOES THE
NEW
TESTAMENT
AGREE WITH
THIS???

25. “But one who looks intently at
the perfect law, the law of
liberty, and abides by it, not
having become a forgetful
hearer but an effectual doer,
this man will be blessed in
what he does.”
James 1:25