Category: Sermons

David describes two natures. The nature of the wicked and the nature of God. Which nature do we desire?

Mr. Robert Berlin provides a good overview of the Sermon on the Mount helping us to understand the importance of building our life and faith on the solid foundation.

What is loyalty? Pastor Mike Neigh shares from Hosea 6 aspects of loyalty that especially are fitting for fathers to consider.

David took a calculated risk and found it wasn’t the best idea. He went to the enemy hoping he could find a safe harbor from Saul who had it in for the hero of Israel. From the experience, he wrote Psalm 34. He not only gives an invitation to praise God, he instructs on the kind of right living that is necessary for praise to be given.

Here is another of David’s psalms of praise. He speaks about God and His praise, God and His power, God and His providence, and God and His protection. They are reasons for which we are to give God praise. Does your praise include each of these reasons to praise God? He is worthy of praise for these and so many more things. So, as the psalm encourages, let’s sing a new song, and don’t forget to sing joyfully.

In this psalm, David shares about how blessed or happy a person who has experienced the forgiveness of God. He also recalls how he felt when he tried to conceal his sin. He experienced some physical suffering and knew the heavy hand of God on him. Oh, but he knew the joy of confessing them to God that results in praising God. Do you have unconfessed sin? Would you be free from your burden of sin? God is both willing and able to forgive. Then you, too, can experience the joy of knowing that your sins are forgiven and that God does not keep a record of them. Your account is wiped clean. What a relief!

In Psalm 30, David gives several opening reasons why his praise to the Lord is understandable. God had lifted him out of the depths. God had healed him and spared him. David reminds us that God’s wrath is temporary, but His favor lasts a lifetime. There are so many reasons to praise the Lord and to invite others to join us in that praise. Next, David has confidence in the Lord that is unshakeable. We can have confidence because of the Lord’s mercy. David ends the psalm by noting that his worship of the Lord is unhindered. Dancing and joy are just a couple of the expressions David exhibits in singing praise to God, praise he says that will not be kept silent and will last forever.

I’m not very good at waiting. Chances are, you aren’t either. Yet, there are times God asks us, no, tells us to wait. In our hurry up culture with microwaves and instant this or that, it’s hard to sit by and wait on God’s timing. Yet, throughout Scripture we see that those who waiting at the bidding of the Lord had positive results, while those who ran ahead of the Lord, ended in defeat or despair. David says when we are going through trouble, wait on the Lord to deliver. He assures us that the Lord is with us, even in the waiting.

In this message, we consider the first 6 verses learning about David’s absolute trust in God in times of danger. Whatever he was going through that was troubling, David was leaning on the Lord to help him through it. He had confidence in God because he had communion with God. The more time spent with the Lord, the more you come to understand and believe that He keeps His word that He is with you all the time to help you through your troubles. Do you trust Him? Do you trust in Him?

Have you ever felt like you were falsely accused of something? David did. He went right to the top to seek vindication. He appealed to God. He not only didn’t want to be falsely accused, but neither did he want to be lumped in with the wicked in their judgment. His appeal was based on his character. One thing David could bank on was his security in God. He knew He could depend on God’s mercy and redeeming power because he trusted in God. That trust was both unwavering and continuous. Do we have that kind of trust in the Lord?