A message from the series “Psalms 2007.” Psalms 26-30 are all psalms of David that record his prayers regarding the issues of life. Some of them we can determine when they were written, others we cannot. Each will give us more lessons in prayer and faith and trust in God and teach us how we must walk with Him.
A message from the series “Psalms 2007.” Psalm 20 expressed the people’s cry for a godly leader as the nation of Israel prepared for war. After God provided a great victory we now find the people in Psalm 21 expressing their thanksgiving to God for his great deliverance and answer to prayer. Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm that graphically and prophetically describes Jesus upon the cross and the work of redemption that He accomplished for us. Psalm 23, is no doubt an all time favorite describing how David learned about the shepherding nature of God through his own work of being a shepherd. Psalm 24 is another messianic psalm that speaks of a future time when Jesus will come to earth and set up His promised kingdom and be recognized as the King of Kings. Psalm 25 is David’s cry to the Lord as he asks for God’s guidance, protection, and pardon.
A message from the series “Psalms 2007.” In this collection we have several mini studies that help us in our daily walk as we learn to trust the Lord in every situation. It seems that Psalm 11, was written by David while he was in Saul’s court and after he had killed Goliath. His track record on the battlefield heightened Saul’s jealousy toward David to the point of wanting to kill him eventually putting David on the run forcing him to draw close to the Lord. Psalm 12, David contrasts the deceptive words of the ungodly to the pure words of the Lord. Psalm 13 is a cry of David to the Lord asking why he has not been delivered from his enemies. How often do we cry to the Lord for answers only to find that we must wait and be patient. Psalm 14 records David estimation of man and particularly those who deny His very existence. Those, whom we see as self-proclaiming atheists are looked up by God as fools. Lastly, Psalm 15 looks at the man who abides with God. He is one who walks uprightly and speaks the truth in his heart.
A message from the series “Psalms 2007.” By covering 5 psalms in each study, we thus have a collection of mini topical messages. These message reflect emotional experiences by the writers showing their times of rejoicing and times of anguish. Psalm 6 speaks of David’s emotional upheaval and his cry to God for deliverance. Psalm 7 reflects David’s feelings during a time of when he was being slandered. Psalm 8, is a glimpse into David’s life as a shepherd and how being in the out of doors he understood the greatness of God through observing His creation. In Psalm 9, David praises the Lord with his whole heart because he knows that God is just and one day will judge his enemies. In Psalm 10, Pastor Jack looks at practical atheism and how the words of David aptly describe our country today.
A message from the series “Psalms 2007.” These psalms record David words and experiences when he was on the run from his son, Absalom. In spite of David’s enemy pursuing him, Psalm 3 records that David was able to sleep in peace because of his trust in God.
Psalm 4, continues with David’s great hour of trial. David talks about being set apart or sanctified and as such he was under God’s protective care. In spite of the circumstances, David, by faith, looked ahead to God’s blessing and thus was able to find rest.
Psalm 5 is a continuation of David’s run from Absalom. After a restful night, he awakens in the morning and offers his prayer to God. With great expectancy, David looked forward to returning to Jerusalem and once again going into the house of the Lord to worship. Certainly David is a great a example of what it is to walk by faith.
A message from the series “Psalms 2007.”
A message from the series “Job 2006-2007.” Beginning in chapter 38, it is God’s turn to speak. He challenges Job with several proofs of Job’s inability to open his mouth in argument at all. For example, he knew nothing of the foundations of the earth, the limiting of the seas, of the dawning of the morning or the recesses of sea and earth. He could not speak of the clouds or of the making of his own soul, the production of rain, frost, lightening, or the directions of the stars and their influence. Since he could not provide for the lions or the ravens, then how could he then hope to be God’s counselor? In these chapters that follow, God dresses Job down so that Job gets a proper perspective of who God is and who he is. Finally God leaves off speaking and Job responds by finally seeing himself in the true light, which is perhaps the purpose of his agonizing experience.
A message from the series “Job 2006-2007.” After Job’s three supposed friends finish their dialog, we now find a young fellow, Elihu, who has been standing by patiently waiting for these three guys to finish so he could speak. Surprisingly, Elihu has the more wisdom. In fact, later on, God rebukes the three earlier men, but has no corrective words for Elihu. His address is long, but wise.
A message from the series “Job 2006-2007.” In these chapters, we hear the last of the speeches from Job’s three counselors, specifically Bildad. Then Job responds with many words. In chapter 28, he asks where true wisdom comes from pointing to the fact that man can dig deep into the earth and locate precious metals, but true wisdom eludes him. This wisdom can only be found by fearing the Lord and departing from evil. In spite of all the charges made against him by the three men, Job continues to defend himself saying that the cause of his suffering and loss was not the result of his wrongdoing.
A message from the series “Job 2006-2007.” Beginning in chapter 18, we continue on with Job’s counselors and his responses to their charges. As Job works his way through his answers to their reasoning, he at times is inspired to speak profound truths. For instance in his answer to Bildad, Job states this great prophetic truth, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh, I shall see God.”
