Sep 8, 2024
Wisdom For Living – “Life As A Path”
Proverbs 3:1-6, 4:11, 26
 
One of the consistent themes of Proverbs is that life is filled with paths, and when you choose a path, it always leads to the same destination, regardless of how smart you are or how wealthy your family is. This also tells us that getting to where God wants us to be (and where we really want to be) is a product of daily, mundane steps over months and years. 
 
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  • Sep 8, 2024Wisdom For Living – “Life As A Path”
    Sep 8, 2024
    Wisdom For Living – “Life As A Path”
    Proverbs 3:1-6, 4:11, 26
     
    One of the consistent themes of Proverbs is that life is filled with paths, and when you choose a path, it always leads to the same destination, regardless of how smart you are or how wealthy your family is. This also tells us that getting to where God wants us to be (and where we really want to be) is a product of daily, mundane steps over months and years. 
     
  • Sep 1, 2024Wisdom For Living – “The Fear of the Lord”
    Sep 1, 2024
    Wisdom For Living – “The Fear of the Lord”
    Proverbs 8:10-16; 22-31
     
    An introduction to a 5-Sunday series on Proverbs. Proverbs says that the beginning of wisdom and knowledge is the fear of the Lord. What does that mean? And why is wisdom so important for our lives, and how does it connect with our relationship with God?
  • Aug 25, 2024Summer in the Psalms “How To Get Rid of Guilt…Really”
    Aug 25, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms “How To Get Rid of Guilt…Really”
    Psalm 130
     
    One of the beautiful things about the psalms is how they teach us how to express our feelings to God. Psalm 130 is about the experience of the pit of guilt and shame, and tells us how to truly be freed from both. In contemporary culture, we flee guilt by telling ourselves we've done nothing wrong, but we can't get rid of the shame, the feeling there is something not right about us. Psalm 130 tells us how to be free from both.
  • Aug 18, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “Whom Do We Trust?”
    Aug 18, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “Whom Do We Trust?”
    Psalm 121
     
    Psalm 121 was a psalm for pilgrims making the ascent of the mountains of Judah as they travel to Jerusalem for worship. The journey was dangerous, and along the road, the people met threats, most of which they could not see or predict. So, they felt fragile, vulnerable, unsafe.
     
    When life looks terrifying to us, we can remember that the Lord can keep us, because there’s nothing God cannot do.
     
  • Aug 11, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “The Anatomy of Integrity”
    Aug 11, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “The Anatomy of Integrity”
    Psalm 101
     
    Psalm 101 helps us think through what integrity truly means for a follower of Christ. Is it moral perfection? Is it merely a result of our own effort and strivings? The truth is that only by relying on the grace and love of Jesus can we lead lives of integrity.
  • Aug 4, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “God’s Security”
    Aug 4, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “God’s Security”
    Psalm 91
     
    God never promises to keep His children from trouble, rather God promises to use His power to keep His children in the midst of trouble.
  • Jul 28, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “The Best Kind of Longing”
    Jul 28, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “The Best Kind of Longing”
    Psalm 84
     
    Have you ever been somewhere that you had a hard time leaving? Psalm 84 expresses a deep longing to encounter God in the temple, and encourages us to re-center our lives on seeking God.
  • Jul 21, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “Envy and Hope”
    Jul 21, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “Envy and Hope”
    Psalm 73
     
    Asaph (the author of this psalm) battles a common temptation: the temptation of comparison. He sees the lives of those who don't care anything about God and about God's ways, and they seem to be doing just fine. He envies them and is discouraged when it comes to his own pursuit of God. But in a time of worship, God gives him an eternal perspective, and sees that the light of eternity, God cares for His people, and will bring them to glory. 
  • Jul 14, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “Thirsting For God”
    Jul 14, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “Thirsting For God”
    Psalm 63
     
    We live our lives longing for all kinds of things, and trying to fulfill those longings by pursuing them, but in the end the only thing that fulfills our longings is the love and presence of God, because God created us for Himself. In Psalm 63 we find David expressing how God's presence meant more to him than anything else in the world. 
  • Jul 7, 2024Summer in the Psalms – “Changing Gravity”
    Jul 7, 2024
    Summer in the Psalms – “Changing Gravity”
    Psalm 32
     
    Psalm 32, one of the Psalter's penitential psalms, shows us that following Jesus is more than just managing our sin, it is moving from being captivated by the gravity of sin to being captivated by the gravity of God's love.