What Happens When Life Tips You Over?

Main message: The law of the Lord (Psalm 19:7–10) restores and reorients us; when life flips us over, Scripture calls us to examine whether we have failed to love God, others, or ourselves and invites God to lift us back up.

Key points:

• Psalm 19:7–10 describes Scripture as perfect and able to restore the soul.
• "Law of the Lord" can mean the Ten Commandments, the Torah, the whole Bible, or simply the two greatest commandments.
• The two greatest commandments: love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.
• Failure to love God first or to love others properly can topple our lives and damage relationships (marriage, children, friends, church, community).
• Loving yourself rightly (sleep, exercise, proper eating) is necessary to have the energy to love others.
• When we stumble, we should ask whether we've neglected loving God, neighbor, or self, and let Scripture and God lift us up again.

Scriptures mentioned: Psalm 19:7-10