Psalm 12, like many of the Psalms we’ve covered this Summer, is a lament and it teaches us “even when wickedness seems to prevail, God will guard the poor and needy.”
Psalm 11 is short but intense. Read carefully, it can teach us that our confidence in the face of evil is solely in who God is, what he has done, and who that makes us. Check it out.
This week we jumped into Psalm 10 and talked about how God’s people lament that this world does not look like the Kingdom of God and yet trust in His promises that it one day will.
“I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.I will be glad and exult in you;I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”
Psalm 8 teaches us that truly living into the Story of God and glorifying him means embracing our weakness and finding our supreme satisfaction in him alone.
Mike Wilcox joined us this still and taught on Psalm 7. We were given a great opportunity to pause and reflect: “Am I trusting God amidst all the chaos?” Give it a listen.
Psalm 6 is a Psalm of Lament and teaches us, amongst other things, that, “God graciously forgives us and helps us even when our own sins cause our circumstances.”
This week’s Psalm dealt w/God’s righteous judgment. We had to dive deep into some heavy theology but it further exposed the true beauty of the gospel of grace we have in Jesus. Give it a listen.
Psalm 4 teaches us that those who have genuinely laid hold of God’s steadfast love by relying on his righteousness, not their own, have joy and trust that God will answer them.
For Week 3, Daniel took us through Psalm 3 and looked at how the Palms call us into a new way to be emotionally healthy disciples of Jesus — by learning to pray our emotions.
Psalm 2 teaches us that all challenges to the reign of King Jesus will fail, that the promises concerning the reign of King Jesus will come to pass, and that if we submit to the reign of King Jesus we will be blessed.
For Week 1 in our Summer in the Psalms, Kelly took us through Psalm 1 and gave us a Biblical Truth that ‘meditating on the truth of Scripture leads to a flourishing life.’