Psalms
The Heart of the Saints
Psalm 119:41-56
July 2, 2023 • Forrest Brown • Psalm 119:41–56
Forrest Brown takes us through two sections of Psalm 119 to show us all over again that our proper response to the word of God is to be people of Hope even in the face of opposition, people who have the words of God in our mouths, people who live out His words, and people who delight in them.
Psalm 127
June 11, 2023 • Forrest Brown • Psalm 127
In this Psalm, Forrest Brown hightlights the way we were created to allow the Lord to work in an through us in all that we do. If we simply become laborers for the Lord but neglect heart-connection with him, we work in vain. But when we plug into the life that he gives and serve him in view of his grace for us, we experience abundant life.
Psalm 36
June 4, 2023 • Tyler Shirley
Is your God too small? Most of the spiritual problems that we have today—like apathy, lack of emotion, doubt and insecurity—are the result of us minimizing God. Even as Christians, our hearts calcify over time, just as plaque builds up on teeth, and the dentist has to scrape it off. Similarly, we as believers need regular encounters with the living God to remind us of just how spectacularly massive he is. In Psalm 36, the author, David spends considerable time describing polar opposites in order to provide CLARITY around God’s character and the life he offers. This Psalm is a call to fear the Lord and encounter him regularly.
Psalm 29
May 28, 2023 • Tim Carpenter
In this Psalm, David describes the Lord in his might and power, using imagery of a mighty storm. And this kind of power makes God worthy of all praise. The beauty of it is that his power also makes him powerful enough to abide in when our lives face their own storms and troubles since he sits above it all on his throne.
Psalm 137
May 29, 2022 • Forrest Brown • Psalm 137
Psalm 137 a difficult psalm for a number of reasons. It is a lament in very dark times for the psalmist. It also contains dark language. Listen in as Forrest unpacks the last few verses of the Psalm that represent the hope for a future that is better than the present for the psalmist, yet contain some very dark language about the death of children.
Psalm 131
June 5, 2022 • Tyler Shirley • Psalm 131
In this Psalm, David offers to us a metaphor for how we are to approach the Lord--as a weaned child, contented with simply being close to his mother. In this short passage, David denounces pride in himself and confident hope in the Lord to meet his deepest needs.