While Book 3 describes the crisis of faith that Israel endured in the exile, Book 4 describes the way to move forward in your faith once again. It does that by calling us to look back to remember God’s faithfulness. And as we remember who God is, our response of worship and praise compels us…
When you find yourself in trouble, calling on someone to help you is critical in finding rescue. In those times, who do you call on? What do you say? In the same way that WE use the psalms to help us in times of trouble, in Psalm 86, David uses scripture to help him as…
What happens when you find yourself in a place where it seems like you’ve lost everything? And worse, it’s something you know you deserve? Today we’re going to look at what led the children of Israel to this very point. Psalm 79, tells the story of those who suffered this great loss. In their story,…
Psalm 73 is the story of one man’s journey through a time when he had lost the proper perspective of those around him, of himself, and of God. In this Psalm, he tells us how that mistaken perspective affected his heart and caused him to almost lose his faith in God. But we’re also going…
What happens when it seems that nothing in your life is visibly displaying the goodness of God? Wherever you look is distress, and it seems that there’s no way His promises will come true? When your faith is on a thread? Book 3 of Psalms walks us through those times, but it also shows us…
Peace for all mankind. It’s something that we all want and hope for, isn’t it? But no matter how hard we humans try, we never really seem to get close to achieving it do we? Psalm 72 points us to the reality of that peace by pointing us directly to its source: The coming righteous…
How important is it that you actively pursue God and His blessings, and then actively praise Him FOR His blessings? In Psalm 67, we discover that what is a very personal aspect of our relationship with God, at the same time has an incredibly huge impact to people all around us.
Sometimes fear can overwhelm us, with no hope of escape. In Psalm 56 David shows us what it means to be in fear, but also walks us through the steps of moving from the captivity of fear to freedom of faith and in our Father, even in the middle of fearful situations. So this begs…
Psalm 51 is a story that reveals the repentant heart of David after he had committed sin. The truth is David isn’t the only one who messes up. We all do. And so his repentance can help us in our repentance, and his restoration can help us to to trust in God’s abundant mercy and…
Psalm 48 is one of the psalms that talks about the City of the King, the place where he lives and reigns from, and where he displays his power as well as his kindness to his people. In this psalm, we’re going to see how this city points to an even greater city, that if…
