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SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Psalm 146 Complementary Passage: Deuteronomy 10: 12-22 SERMON AUDIO SERMON NOTES Main Points Commitment to Praise (verses 1-2) Misplaced Trust (verses 3-4) Blessed Hope (verses 5-9) Application to Us Today Things you must be doing that result in praising, trusting, joyful hope Cries of Our Hearts, Songs of Our Souls … Read more
How often in our lives do we cry out to God to protect us from…ourselves? That is the plea of Psalm 141, an urgent request for spiritual protection from the evil that remains in our hearts, spills forth from our mouths, and is carried out by our hands. Ultimately only God can protect us from … Read more
Cries of Our Hearts, Songs of Our Souls September 29, 2019 God’s Majesty and You Read & Listen October 6, 2019 How Long, O Lord! Read & Listen October 13, 2019 When Good Things Happen to Bad People Read & Listen October 20, 2019 Have Mercy on Me, O God! Read & Listen October 27, … Read more
Our exploration of the psalms comes to one expressing a desperate desire for the one thing in the universe that can satisfy our souls – God. Psalm 63 is a psalm of great desire to know God more fully and find deep and lasting satisfaction in Him, regardless of any external situation. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Psalm … Read more
Psalms: Cries of Our Hearts, Songs of Our Souls September 29, 2019 God’s Majesty and You Read & Listen October 6, 2019 How Long, O Lord! Read & Listen October 13, 2019 When Good Things Happen to Bad People Read & Listen October 20, 2019 Have Mercy on Me, O God! Read & Listen October … Read more
In previous weeks our journey through the psalms has explored the pain when it feels like God has turned His back on us and when it seems He’s permitting evil to run wild in the world around us. But what happens when we realize that we’re the problem and it devastates us? What happens when … Read more
Our journey through the Psalms continues with a psalm of wisdom that offers much-needed encouragement when we’re struggling with the obvious injustices that surround us. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Psalm 37 Complementary Passage: Matthew 5: 3-12 SERMON AUDIO SERMON NOTES Fret Not & Seek God Fretting about injustice is unproductive – “Fret not yourself” in verses 1, … Read more
Having celebrated God’s majesty, we turn now to a very raw and honest psalm expressing the pain we feel when it seems God has completely abandoned us. In Psalm 13, David teaches us how to cry out to God in agony and honesty, while nonetheless expressing trust, joy, and praise for God in the midst … Read more
We begin our fall series in the Psalms. The Psalms are God’s prayer book for Christians and the song book of the church. In the Psalms we see how to pray the most honest, authentic, deepest prayers of our hearts. In the Psalms we see prayers of praise and thanksgiving, fear and despair, repentance and … Read more