Sermons on Psalms (Page 2)
The overall theme of this psalm is the promise of God to protect those who have trusted in Him—in whom the Holy Spirit dwells. Next week, we will focus on what these promises are and how they relate to life in a world threatened by a global pandemic, but the questions that we want to consider today are: “How do we understand God’s promises in Psalm 91? How do we interpret these promises in light of the teaching in the rest of Scripture?”
When we left off last week, all the men in Ruth and Naomi’s family had died while living in the foreign land of Moab. Naomi had heard that there was food back in Israel, so she decided to return to Bethlehem in hopes that God would have mercy on her and provide what she needed to be able to live. So let’s consider this next part of the story.
In this final sermon of the series, we will be focusing most of our attention on this last section of Psalm 84, and we’ll discover how that God is protecting us during this long journey we call life. We will pay close attention to the biblical concept of being “blessed” and will discover the conditions…
As we continue walking through this eighty-fourth psalm, we see that the tenor of the message has shifted in this second stanza. No longer is the psalmist talking of his desire to be in the presence of God—he is focused on the strength one receives when they consistently seek God in their daily lives. This psalm also focuses on the strength a believer receives in order to deal with seasons of pain and turmoil; and how to utilize those seasons in their life to transform them through the power of the hope of the gospel.
There is nothing quite like the anticipation of going home after being gone for several years. As overseas missionaries, the Allen family had a lot of experience with this. There were many things that they anticipated upon arrival in the US each time they journeyed home, but in this message Pastor Wade encourages us to think about a different type of journey—a journey to our heavenly home—and the unfortunate fact that many people are not anticipating this journey but are rather dreading it.
This sermon is the introductory sermon for the “Homesick” series focused on Psalm 84. Over the next several weeks, we will be examining the text of Psalm 84 especially in light of our future heavenly home when we will be in the presence of God. This introductory sermon will focus more on the ones who originally performed this psalm. We want to take some time to find out a little bit more about these men—their origin, their story, and even their redemption story—and try to apply some of these things to our own lives as we prepare for our long journey home.