Our psalm today is a beautifully simple psalm of praise. A psalm that recognizes and declares who God is and yet ALSO declares that we don’t know much about God at all – but what we DO know we praise him for. Continue reading Psalm 145: THE Psalm of Praise
We are now half-way through the podcast series on Zephaniah and God now turns his wrath towards the sins of the pagan cities that surround Jerusalem. The goal? Hopefully the people of Jerusalem and Judah will recognize their own similarities and respond accordingly. Continue reading Zephaniah 2:4-15 The Destructive Nature of Pride
Our psalm today dives into David’s request and hope for a future where goodness thrives, people are happy and good, and worship can take place. Continue reading Psalm 144: A Psalm for A Future
God’s children are supposed to be different. Different in how they act, different in how they serve, and different in how they treat other people. In today’s podcast we will look at the charges against the people of God (by Zephaniah’s prophetic word FROM God) and what God states he will do in response to it. It’s a good challenge, and reminder, for his children today. Continue reading Zephaniah 1:7-2:3 Living As Children of God
Psalm 143 is a psalm of David that continues from the previous one – where David is found to be hiding out from his enemies. And it is in this space/place that the darkness of his current lot sink its teeth into his soul. Continue reading Psalm 143: A Psalm of Despair
Our podcast today dives into not only what the “Day of the Lord” is (as Zephaniah was warning the people about it) but specifically we get WHY God was threatening to do this to his own people. It’s a good reminder to us, as Christians, to remember how people have acted in the past – but how we still often find ourselves acting today. Continue reading Zephaniah 1:1-6 The Judgment Against Sin
Psalm 142 brings us back to David’s time in the cave when Saul was on the hunt for him. It’s a psalm that cries out to God to redeem and bring comfort and yet it’s a psalm, at least for me, that challenges us to live into the ministry of presence. Continue reading Psalm 142: A Psalm of Loneliness
