Sermons on Psalms
Please!
One reason we don’t pray is because we are struggling, even suffering. Life is not turning out the way we wanted. We might even be mad at God and blame God for our situation, and so we don’t go to God in prayer. But instead of running from God in our pain, we are to go to him with our laments, pleading for his intervention. Sermon Text: Psalm 13 Preaching Pastor: Pastor Bill Limmer
Thank You
One way to start our conversation with God is “Thank you!” The Bible says every good and perfect gift comes from above. When we thank God for all the ways he continues to provide for us, it changes us. It stops us from thinking about ourselves and our problems and it puts our focus back on God and all the good things he is doing for us. Sermon Text: Psalm 100 Preaching Pastor: Pastor Ben Sadler
I’m Sorry
One reason we might not start a conversation with God is guilt. We don’t feel worthy to speak with a holy and righteous God. But God encourages us to come to him with our guilt and sin so that he might forgive us and renew our relationship with him. Sermon Text: Psalm 32 Preaching Pastor: Pastor Bob Johannes
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Christian season of Lent, which is a time of spiritual reflection and preparation leading up to Easter. On Ash Wednesday, we are reminded of our human limitations and the need to turn away from sin and towards God. We will meditate on Psalm 51 which is powerful prayer of confession and repentance, with its words expressing a deep longing for mercy and forgiveness from God. This psalm serves as a reminder of…
Wow!
Sometimes we don’t pray because we fail to see all that good things that God continues to do for us. In this sermon, God’s Word will teach us how to praise him for his wonderful works. Sermon Text: Psalm 150 Preaching Pastor: Pastor Bill Limmer
Song of Praise
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. God is the God of joy. He blesses us with music, dancing, and other forms of worship so we can demonstrate love to Him and unite with fellow believers. The Psalmist uses this psalm to show us how we can worship and praise our Heavenly Father. Sermon Text: Psalm 100 Preacher: Pastor Forrest Bivens
Song of Confession
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. For any of us who have ever found ourselves guilty of a sin (so, everyone), this psalm hits hard. The Psalmist David wrote this song after the prophet Nathan helped him recognize his sinful ways. All of us from learn about confession from this psalm, as we read how David cries out to God in repentance, knowing he is forgiven and saved from his sins.…
Song of Our Savior
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. One of the top hits in the Psalms playlist, Psalm 23 is well-known but often misconstrued. We often hear this at funerals or see it on artwork, but we don’t really understand what the Psalmist David meant by it. We will take a deeper look at this psalm to understand how our Good Shepherd walks with us through thick and thin. Sermon Text: Psalm 23 Preacher: Pastor Ben Sadler
Song of Lament
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? This Psalm opens with a lament to God over difficulties. Like the Psalmist David, we sometimes feel forgotten by God. We wonder how long our suffering can go on. But, like David, when we go to God and study His Word in difficult times, we come to realize that we can trust in His unfailing love and remain sure of our salvation through…
Song of Creation
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8 opens and closes with praise to the Creator of all things. The Psalmist examines God’s creation, from the Heavens to the Earth and all the beings in between. Through this, we come to marvel at how God created and cares for humankind. Although we don’t deserve it, God sets humans as rulers over land and animals, providing all things for His people. Sermon Text: Psalm 8 Preacher:…
Songs of God
Blessed are all who take refuge in Him. The book of Psalms opens with instructions for how and why to read the Bible. Psalm 1 teaches us how to read God’s Word so it touches our hearts in a way that we grow closer to Him. This is followed by Psalm 2, which directs us in how to see our Savior throughout Scripture and in all parts of our lives. God uses these first two Psalms to direct our eyes…
Ash Wednesday 2019
Guilt, Shame, and Repentance Guilt is a powerful emotion. It leads to shame, a feeling that we’ll never do anything right again and that we’re unworthy of any kind of love. But the good news is that feeling guilt and shame leads us to recognize our sin and repent. And the best news is that there is no sin or weakness greater than God’s love for us. This is the message from our Ash Wednesday service, held on March 6,…
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