Better To Receive Than to Give
Psalm 132 is one of the many songs with a rich story behind it. Aren’t most songs like that? The Psalm directs the singer to remember King David, and his …
Out of the Depths
The cry of Psalm 130 is from “the depths”. Have you ever been in “the depths”? In other words, have you ever hit “rock bottom”? Are you there now? Psalm …
God Has The Last Word In Our Suffering
The hope of Psalm 129 is that suffering won’t have the last word but that God will. As God’s people, we will find ourselves suffering precisely because of our connection …
The Way Into His Blessing
Ever sought someone’s blessing? Did you ask your wife’s father for her hand before proposing? Ever had one of your kids ask for your blessing? Every approached your manager at …
Riding Piggyback on the Almighty
We don’t want to live a life that is meaningless. We all want to pour our lives into something that has lasting value. That’s the subject of Psalm 127. Psalm …
A Posture and a Plea
Psalm 123 offers us a posture and a plea. The poster is that of a servant. The plea is for mercy. Psalm 123 is written to remind us as God’s …
Worship: Homecoming
It’s a pretty common cliche to say, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey that matters.” Not to an Israelite. To an ancient Israelite, the journey was important, but so …
The Lord Is Your Keeper
Psalm 121 is one of those passages we can have a hard time letting simply wash over us. We read it and think, “Yeah right…it can’t possibly be that way…have …
Praying How We Actually Feel
John Calvin called the Psalms an “anatomy of the soul”. They are songs that reflect all of the many and varied things we feel on the inside that correspond with …
Further Up & Further In
The Christian life is a pilgrimage. Eugene Peterson calls it a “long obedience in the same direction.” For the rest of the summer we’re going to be looking at a …