Psalms of Summer - Foothills Church

Humble Reliance

September 11, 2022 • Pastor Doug McNett

Todays Psalm is one of only seven of its kind in the Psalms. It’s known as a penitential psalm. That is, it’s a Psalm of confession and humility before God. The Psalmist expresses sorrow over sin, or spiritual failures, and recognizes his need for God’s favor and forgiveness.

You Are Known

September 4, 2022 • Pastor Brian Long

How well do you think you know yourself? I want to show you how David rolls this out in our Psalm today. He begins today by declaring that God is actively aware of your every action and anticipates your innermost thoughts. God knows you inside and out.

Talking to Myself

August 28, 2022 • Pastor Phil Christiansen

We’re looking at Psalm 103 as we continue in our Psalms of Summer this morning. This is a psalm of praise rooted in thanksgiving for all that God is and all He’s done. It’s divided into three sections, like nested circles, with each circle drawing out why God deserves to be worshipped: why He’s worthy of praise.

Living in God’s Protective Custody

August 21, 2022 • Pastor Brian Long

Our Psalm today is Psalm 91. Most of us will never be in legal protective custody, but Psalm 91 celebrates that each of us can live in the protective custody of God.

The Climb

August 14, 2022 • Pastor Sam Parsons

Today’s psalm was written by a guy named Asaph. Asaph was one of the members of the tribe of Levi whom David put in charge of the worship music. Asaph was responsible for taking some of David’s Psalms and putting them to music. However, as we see today, Asaph was also a songwriter as he wrote Psalm 73. After reading this psalm, I learned Asaph is my kind of guy. None of this fake Christian, happy smiley face; my life is fantastic; look at my three well-behaved children, my precious moments’ figurines on my bookshelf, Christianese non-sense. No, Asaph is a dude who is authentically honest with himself and with God. “Asaph is the type of guy who tells it like it is.”

The Greatest Confession

August 7, 2022 • Pastor Dillon Barber

Psalm 51 is a Psalm of David entirely devoted to confessing sin. The description in the heading of Psalm 51 tells us that David wrote this after Nathan the prophet confronts him on his sin with Bathsheba. David wrote this great confession, and it breaks down really nicely into 4 elements or sections for us to walk through. Next time we blow it perhaps we should remember these four steps and follow them when we confess our sins.

Unshakable

July 31, 2022 • Pastor Phil Christiansen

Psalm 46 is known as a Song of Zion. This psalm, along with a handful of others, is different because instead of celebrating God’s character, the Songs of Zion highlight and rejoice in God’s special relationship to Mt. Zion/Jerusalem, where His temple is located, and to His chosen people who worship Him there.

Trust & Obey

July 24, 2022 • Pastor Doug McNett

This morning we’re going to press on in our Psalms of Summer series by camping out in Psalm 40 where we learn that the people of God are marked by trust and obedience.

The Fear of the Lord Amid Hardship

July 17, 2022 • Pastor Buddy James

Psalm 34 is broken up into two sections. Verses 1-10 are recorded praises and verses 11-22 are David’s teaching. Let’s go ahead and start with what I believe to be the main subject to what David is writing on: The fear of the Lord.

Reasons for Worship

July 10, 2022 • Pastor Sam Parsons

Psalm 33 tells us that corporate worship is imperative. These first three verses contain six imperatives and use six different Hebrew words for worship. David is not suggesting but telling all who have been made righteous because of God’s forgiveness that the only appropriate response is worship.

Blessed are the Forgiven

July 3, 2022 • Pastor Dillon Barber

This psalm is all over the map structurally. It is a mixture of wisdom literature and songs of thanksgiving. It is classified as a psalm of penitence with 6 other psalms, and yet it is also full of rejoicing and thanksgiving. There is reflection, declarations of praise, words given by God, words of wisdom and calls to worship and praise. It’s kind of a hard psalm to nail down, though the message is very clear. The big idea of the Psalm comes down to this: We are happiest in life when we walk in God’s forgiveness.

Celebrating God’s Mercy

June 26, 2022 • Pastor Brian Long

Today we are going to be looking at David’s Psalm of celebration recorded in Psalm 30. In order to fully appreciate why David is exalting God in his Psalm, we have to know the backstory that prompted it. It’s a story of David’s mess and God’s mercy.

Humble Confidence

June 19, 2022 • Pastor Sam Parsons

David wrote Psalm 27, which he would use for his meditation, but it was also a liturgy that Israel used during the coronation of kings and even before a king left for battle. The psalm contains three sections. Part #1 and #2, as we will see, is a statement of confidence in which the worshiper (The King) publicly declares his faith to the congregation and intends to offer his sacrifices and praise to God. In part three, the king's ceremony shifts to a prayer not given to the congregation but directly to God for the congregation to observe. As we unpack this Psalms, we will see not only the truths that are apparent in this ceremonial psalm but also be encouraged to incorporate this psalm into our personal life.

The Path to Prosperity

June 12, 2022 • Pastor Brian Long

Our text for today gives us solid wisdom on the way to ensure that your life is satisfying. It literally tells us how to ensure that our lives are meaningful and significant and how we can experience that deep sense of satisfaction in our lives. It tells us how we can prosper in life.