Praying The Psalms
Learning to pray the Psalms of Ascent
How to Climb the Mountain of God
August 28, 2022 • Dave Ripper • Psalm 24
Psalm 24:3 asks, “Who may climb the mountain of God?” This week Pastor Dave Ripper will unpack five key characteristics of people who climb higher in their relationship with God, as we continue our series, Praying the Psalms. Discover what next step God is inviting you to take on your journey with him.
Living Together in Unity
August 14, 2022 • Dave Ripper • Psalm 133
While you can get to know God on your own, you can only experience him more deeply with others. Yet in these divided times, we’re tempted to give up on community—to give up on church. When we stop investing in practicing the way of Jesus together, we forfeit the power of our faith. Discover why pursuing unity is absolutely in the spiritual journey this Sunday, as we study Psalm 133 in our series, Praying the Psalms.
Trading in America Faith for Childlike Faith
July 24, 2022 • Dave Ripper • Psalm 131
How content or joyful or confident are you these days? This week, as we study Psalm 131, we’re going to discover the surprising truth that the way to more contentment and joy in life is not through upwards mobility, but often through downwards mobility. God isn’t calling us to American success, he is leading us toward childlike faith. The more we are willing to be led by God—wherever, whenever, however—the more contentment, joy and confidence we will find.
Suffering
July 17, 2022 • Dave Ripper • Psalm 130
You have suffered. You are suffering. You will suffer. Like all of us. But suffering doesn’t have the final word. God’s love does. Discover how you might draw closer to God by praying from the depths of your pain and suffering. As we pray our pain, we discover a hope in God that never dies. Join us as we learn to pray Psalm 130 at Crossway Christian Church this Sunday.
Famously Faithful Fortress
June 12, 2022 • Doug Melder • Psalm 125
In his reflection on this week’s Psalm of Ascent, Eugene Peterson says, "Living as a Christian is not walking a tightrope without a safety net high above a breathless crowd; it is sitting secure in a fortress.” Picking right up where we left off last week, we’ll look backwards at God’s faithfulness over time, and how we can live in that reality today.
If It Had Not Been the Lord
June 5, 2022 • Dave Ripper • Psalm 124
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards,” Kierkegaard famously said. Yet many of us attempt to live without ever reflecting on the past. This week Pastor Dave Ripper continues our series, Praying the Psalms, by inviting us to remember what the Lord has done. Remembering what God has done enables us to trust what he’s doing and will do.