Psalm 44 -- The Psalm with No Hope
- What looks like the darkest Psalm in the Bible looks like it has no answer.
- But there is an answer which is beyond our dreams in encouragement.
Psalm 20 — Poetry with Power
- We can learn so much about prayer from this extraordinary Psalm, and what gives David so much confidence that he will be heard.
- On the one hand the equisite beauty and balance of the Psalm thrilled me,
- and on the other hand it has really helped give me confidence in knowing how to pray as I see what the Psalm is doing.
A Psalm that will change your life — Psalm 90
- Psalm 90 starts out as one of the most depressing scriptures:
- "You live 70 yrs and die. If you live to 80 it will just be pain, and so on…"
- But by an extraordinary twist, which you need the handout to really see, everything is turned on its head.
- Make sure you view the handout here: bibl.ca/pdf/Psalm90-text.pdf
How We Should Bring our Complaints to God (Psalms 54 & 142)
- A third of the book of Psalms is devoted to bringing complaints to God.
- But the form of these complaints is very specific.
- By giving us so many pslams in this form, God is telling us that he wants to hear the honest cries of our heart,
- but also teaching us how he wants us to bring these complaints to him.
“The Lord is my Shepherd” brought to life with David's Own Stories (Psalm 23)
This is David’s best loved Psalm, but how did he come to write it? We piece together stories from throughout his life that could have provided inspiration for each part of the song.