THE TEXT:
Our text for today is Psalm 18. These are God’s Words.
18 TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, WHO ADDRESSED THE WORDS OF THIS SONG TO THE LORD ON THE DAY WHEN THE LORD DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL. HE SAID:
1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock and my …
THE TEXT:
Our text for today is Psalm 16. These are God’s Words.
16 A Miktam of David.
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god …
“The Lord Looks Down” – Psalm 14
David begins with a description of practical atheism. Three words for “fool” in Hebrew all relate to moral orientation rather than intellectual beliefs. This denial of God isn’t philosophical atheism, but rather, pragmatic deism. The fool, therefore, is anyone who lives as if God doesn’t exist. (v.
INTRODUCTION
Scripture doesn’t repeat itself verbatim often and Psalm 14 is one of the rare cases in which Scripture repeats itself …
THE TEXT:
Our text for today is Psalm 13. These are God’s Words.
13 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and answer me, O Lord …
INTRODUCTION
The Psalms have been called the “Prayer book of the Bible,” or even the “Hymn book of the Bible.” Down through the centuries, people have gone to the Psalms more than any other book to find comfort, to find hope, or courage. And that’s because, as John Stott put it, “The Psalter speaks the universal language of the soul.” Or as Rowland Prothero said, “The Book of Psalms contains the whole music of the …
Below you’ll find links both to the sermon audio and manuscript I wrote for this sermon. I pray they will encourage you in your walk with Christ and spur you on to godliness.
…Below you’ll find links both to the sermon audio and manuscript I wrote for this sermon. I pray they will encourage you in your walk with Christ and spur you on to godliness.
…Below you’ll find links both to the sermon audio and manuscript I wrote for this sermon. I pray they will encourage you in your walk with Christ and spur you on to godliness.
…Below you’ll find links both to the sermon audio and manuscript I wrote for this sermon. I pray they will encourage you in your walk with Christ and spur you on to godliness.
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