Sermons on Psalms (Page 3)
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.
Meet the Stephen and Candice Schroeder…
We are an ordinary family, serving an extraordinary God. We are a family of four, headed to Papua New Guinea to be directly involved with church-planting and Bible translation in a remote tribal people group. This site is a landing page for those interested in who we are and what we’re up to as we’re heading overseas.
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As we continue through this passage in Deuteronomy 6, we discover that the modern church has incorporated a great deal of secular psychology and parenting methods into the ministries of our churches. Churches today have taken on the responsibility of teaching the Bible to children and students through age-graded programs and special ministries designed for specific age groups, but the Bible is clear that it is the responsibility of parents to teach the Bible to their children. So what should parents do to teach their children?
Science and the Bible–can the two coexist? Modern society considers science and faith to be dichotomous (opposed to one another or entirely different). When speaking of science, people talk about “thinking, evidence and rational justification of facts.” On the other hand, people consider faith to be all about “evading evidence and clinging to non-rationality.” Is it possible that the secularists are wrong and that a Christian worldview isn’t less rational but actually more rational?
In this sermon, I want us to focus on God’s blessings and goodness to us, and how we should respond in return. In Psalm 107, the psalmist gives us several pictures of how God sees His children and the struggles that they are facing. We will take time to examine each of these word pictures and observe how we too are struggling in much the same way today. Within each of these word pictures, we will see what God promises to do for us and how He hopes we will respond.
Last week, we considered God’s general revelation. We looked at some aspects of creation and determined that creation demands a Creator. So as we look once again at Psalm 19 this morning, I want us to focus specifically on the role of God’s special revelation in our worship. And as we study this psalm, I want us to notice that worship is not just a physical activity but also a spiritual attitude and cleansing.
General Revelation refers to the knowledge that we have as the result of God creating the cosmos and the moral conscience within each human being. In response to God’s general revelation, our first priority as believers when it comes to worship is to repent of our sins—asking God to ‘first clean the inside’ of my life. Our second priority is to discover who God is because it is easy to worship creation rather than the Creator. And finally, we need to realize today that it does not matter who we are or where we live on planet earth, we have no excuse to NOT worship God.
There is stability in God. When everything in the world is falling apart, God is my refuge and strength.
I must be still for God to direct my life for His purpose and plans.