Sermons on Psalms (Page 2)
God Loves What He Made
Colossians 1; Psalm 104 Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm 104. Today, we’ll begin a break in our sermons from the book of First Corinthians. Today, we’ll think about Thanksgiving. And then over the next several weeks, we’ll think about different themes on the life and ministry of our Savior, Jesus Christ. In the new year, we’ll pick back up in First Corinthians 11, where It will teach us about the Lord’s Supper. Today, with Thanksgiving this…
Lord’s Day 3: Naughty By Nature
Psalm 51; Romans 5 Amen. Keep your catechism sheet handy that we use to recite questions six, seven, and eight, and then turn to Psalm 51 and also Romans chapter five, Psalm 51 and Romans chapter five. Psalm 51 is from the pen of King David. Of course, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, remember David and the anatomy of his sin. He was not out at war with his, um, with his soldiers, but instead he stayed back…
Lord’s Day 1: Living & Dying in Our Only Comfort
Psalm 46; Romans 8 So this evening we’ll start our study for 52 weeks of the Heidelberg Catechism. I mentioned it’s broken up into 52 Lord’s Days, 52 Sundays. Some might ask and object, why are you preaching through a creed or confession instead of the Bible? Well, remember creeds and confessions are a summary of the scriptures. Think back to Luke. The physician wrote Luke and Acts, and he wrote them for the benefit of Theophilus, his benefactor. And…
Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer
Psalm 65 Amen, you can be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm 65. Psalm 65 is a psalm of King David. In the order of the Psalter, you may look back to 64 and 63 and on back, and you’ll probably see that this psalm seems a little out of place. This is a psalm that is full of joy and gladness. observation for who God is and what he’s given. But if you back up…
He Gives the Fattest of Wheat
Psalm 147 Amen. You can be seated. Our scripture for today is Psalm 147. If you’re using the Pew Bible, you can find that on page 525. Psalm 147, as you have already seen today, was our call to worship. And there’s a prayer collect from the Scottish Psalter on the front of the bulletin that helped us prepare our hearts and minds for worship. And now It is our sermon text for the day. We want to think about…
Righteous Living in a Rotten World
Psalm 14 You may be seated. Please turn in your copy of God’s word to Psalm 14. Next week, we’ll make a return to the book of Acts and pick up where the risen Lord is sending his apostles and converts into the world to make the gospel known to the ends of the earth. But today I thought it would be good for us to think on a psalm that will help us with an outlook for the new…
Taste & See
Psalm 34 Amen. You can be seated and turn your Bibles to Psalm 34. With Thanksgiving this week, we want to think on what the Bible teaches us from Psalm 34 about being thankful to God when he delivers us from hardship. In the weeks to come after this Sunday, we’ll be looking at some of the characters of Christmas. We’ll be looking at Mary and Joseph, the wise men, the shepherds. We’ll be looking at Simeon. We’ll be looking…
Duties of Christian Parents
Psalm 78:1-8 Amen. You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of God’s word to Psalm 78. Today we’ll be reading and thinking about some themes from this wonderful Psalm. Make your way to Psalm 78. As you already know, and you’re catching by the themes of our service, we want to think today about the covenant blessings of being included in God’s family. But we also want to think about the covenant obligations. When God makes a relationship…
Enjoying God
Psalm 119:33-40 I want to invite you to turn with me in your Bibles to Psalm 119. We are going to explore Psalm 119 verses 33 through 40 together this morning. And that will be on page 513 of your Pew Bibles. Psalm 119 verses 33 through 40. Now, if you are familiar with Psalm 119, you’ll discover that it is the longest chapter in the Bible. This is the longest chapter in the Bible. It’s almost smack dab in…
Delighting in God’s Word
Psalm 119:8-16 and you may be seated. Well, it’s again, always a privilege to be back here at First ARP in Burlington, especially at the beginning of a new year. It’s great to see you all. It’s a privilege to come and worship Christ with brothers and sisters in the Lord and to look to him this morning. And we’re going to do that in God’s Word. So if you have your Bible, I want to invite you to turn…
Thanksgiving: Give It All You’ve Got!
Psalm 111 Let’s give our attention now to the word of the living God. This is Psalm 111. Praise the Lord. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. He has caused His wondrous works to be remembered. The Lord is…
Giving the LORD All You’ve Got
Psalm 150 So as you’re making your way to Psalm 150, remember that the book of the Psalms as a whole, it’s the collection of Psalms for the people of God. There are five books, this is the end of book five, and if you think about it, most of the books ended with some kind of doxology. We sing the end of one of the books when we sing the end of Psalm 72, now blessed be the Lord,…