We’ve all felt the crash that follows a sugar high—the emotional win, the reassuring word, the earthly success that lifts us for a moment before the bottom drops out again. Paul knew that feeling too, which is why he doesn’t merely greet the Ephesians with good wishes but with something that doesn’t fade: “grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Maybe you’ve had a Christmas where the lights and the music were all there, but it felt like you were watching from the other side of a piece of glass—present for the season, yet not really in it. Isaiah 53 describes a Savior understands how we feel on that other side of the glass and came to break it.
Amid turkey and pie and football, we can list what we’re thankful for and still miss the point. Psalm 95 won’t let us settle for vague gratitude; it calls us to sing to the Lord and come into His presence with thanksgiving to the rock of our salvation.
We struggle with being thankful when things are still not right, but David helps us to see the opportunity to thank our God right now.
Pastor Tim takes us through Ps. 141-143 for hope and confidence given to us in God’s love.
Jim and Tim continue our exploration of Psalm 119 this week by turning to the last third of it — and doing so live at Faithtoberfest!
In our second of three weeks exploring Psalm 119, Melanie takes us through through verses 57-104. Please join us as we continue to explore the longest of the Psalms!
The Psalminizers — Jason, Melanie, Jim and Tim — take us through an introduction to Psalm 119 as we reach the longest of the Psalms. We’ll begin to read it this week and then continue to explore it for the next several weeks.
Jason and Tim take us through Psalms 115-118 in a special “Zippy the Wonder Snail” edition of Songs for Our Temple as we continue our one year journey through these songs praising God and applying His truth to our lives.
Jim takes us through Psalms 85-87 this week to think about how we fixate on the wrong “city” and lose our focus on God.