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Psalm 11 For weeks and now months, missionaries have been told to leave Ukraine. Western nations have abandoned their embassies and the oligarchs, businessmen, and those who can afford to do so are leaving their country, protecting their families from war. But Vasyl Ostryi, his wife, and four girls decided…

Some would seek to shoot down God’s people, but we can trust that God will fight back on our behalf.

Introduction We’ve come this morning to a difficult Psalm. This is a Psalm that calls down curses on our enemies. Psalms like this one are mostly written by David. And David doesn’t hold back. In Psalm 58, David asks God to “break the teeth” in his enemies’ mouths. In Psalm 69, he asks God to “blot out…

The psalmist cries for the Lord to come quickly and judge his enemies

Prayer is Participation Prayer is the discipline of the Spirit that gives me access to SEE into what God is already doing. Despite what Christians have often been taught, prayer is NOT... a spiritual technology for getting things a pious exercise that somehow makes God happy or a special code for entry…

Who Is Praying These Psalms? According to the witness of the Bible, David, as the anointed king of the chosen people of God, is a prototype of Jesus Christ. What befalls David occurs for the sake of the one who is in him and who is to proceed from him, namely Jesus Christ. David did not remain unaware…

Introduction To have wounds and hurt inflicted by others purposefully is traumatic to say the least. To have those same wounds inflicted by a trusted friend is a greater trauma - possibly the greatest trauma. Rumors going viral that have their starting place of your best friend. A co-worker sabotaging…

When wickedness rises, God's people should not run but rest in him for safety.

“How shall we sing?” - “How shall we sing?” I. Read Passage: ... Intro: Kids Psalms / A difficult Psalm to Sing / Different Types of Psalms 1. Wisdom – , “Blessed is the man who…” 2. Thanksgiving: , “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good...” 3. Praise – , “ Bless the LORD, O my soul” Intro: Kids Psalms…

Background We aren’t sure of the historical background for this psalm. A popular choice for commentators is 2 Chr. 20:1-30 with describes multiple nations coming about Judah under the reign of king Jehoshaphat. The problem is that passage only mentions three nations whereas our passage has ten nations.…

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. 1 God of my praise, do not be silent. 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray.…

Big Idea: Tension: How do God’s people cope with the evil of the world? Resolution: By identifying it as sin and trusting in God’s gracious salvation. Exegetical Idea: God’s people cope with evil by identifying it as sin and trusting in God’s gracious salvation. Theological Idea: Christians in cope with…

Is God watching? I read of a college student who recalled a humorous sign in his campus cafeteria. Evidently students were taking apples from the cafeteria to their room. Someone put up a sign, “Please take only one apple. God is watching you.” Someone else put up a sign by the cookies: “Take all the…

David cries out for God to save him from wicked men

It takes faith to trust God and look ahead to the future destruction of the wicked. But true faith wins that victory.

Evil shall not triumph for ever