Summer Psalms

Kim Peters

Jeremy Thomas speaks on Psalm 139.

The Lord desires for us to sing new songs to Him. Songs of what he has done for us, songs of worship and adoration.

Wendy leads through Psalm 90 where the fact that life is short and can be experienced as worthless is addressed by the psalmist. Our short lives compared to the eternalness of God. The psalm encourages us to learn Wisdom, compassion and Love from and through God. Also to know His favour through our work and works and to discover the meaning and purpose that we were created to have.

David Julian discusses who is God and our response to God. This Psalm reminded the Israelite's that their hope was in God not chariots or horses. We need to remind ourselves to rely on God for our needs instead of ourselves. If we seek God our desires of our hearts will morph into God's desires.

Hope

Summer Proverbs - an extension of Summer Psalms

Beginning with an overview of the 5 books that make up the Psalms David then introduces us to Psalm 89 which consists of 4 poems 1 - 18 19 - 37 38 - 45 46 - 52 Finishing with reading Psalm 89 from The Passion Translation (TPT)

Hello darkness my old friend. That’s what Heman, the author of Psalm 88, wrote in his depression. It is also our own experience all too often. Where is God in the midst of all that? In the bleakest of psalms, what can psalm 88 teach us about how God is?

Psalm 27

Unity is good Unity is pleasant Unity is worth holding on to God values unity God was extravagant and rich in his blessing If we choose to value unity, to be-holding on to it and not let go, God has promised this Holy Spirit to be poured out on us So that we may can be his witness all over the earth.

Worship. The very word can mean a variety of things to different people, can't it? Here in Psalm 95 Tim takes us through what worship is, why we worship and how we worship - discovering that CPR is essential! To listen to the song of Psalm 95 you can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kUfMaYhN_U

Lesley emphasises with the grief of the psalmist and explores the process of grief to hope demonstrated in the two psalms.

Knowing Him as our shepherd, the shepherd of the shepherds, the head shepherd. Verses 1 - 3 lay the foundation for what is to follow. Often used at funerals, this is a psalm about life!

It is tough being a Christian in this world. Ridiculed, scorned, mocked. Lord help me and save me from this situation. Be reconciled with God. Keep the faith. Praise God for his salvation.

Psalm 27 Conflict: It happens, it�s gonna happen, it sucks and sometimes we wonder where God is in it. Contact: We always have God�s Spirit with us but we can also seek to spend time with him. Confidence: Time spent meeting with God gives us assurance to face our circumstances

Imagine a world where there is no shepherd, only great want Imagine a world where there is no rest, no peace Imagine a world where the waters only rage Imagine a world where the soul is tired and spent

We continue in our Summer Psalms with Psalm 3, where the human author David finds himself a wanted fugitive, with his life in danger. He has both fear and anxiety. Tim takes us through Psalm 3 applying the psalm to our own fears and anxieties, showing that, like David, fears are destroyed when we realise God is our shield, God is our glory, God is our salvation, and that all needs to worked out in Christian community.

Summer Psalms - Solomon's prayer

Sinners - Everyone God - Not us Restores - completely Repent Change direction - Turn back to God

Psalm 51 describes David's remorse over the relationship with Bathsheeba and murder or her husband. This Psalm contains three themes: Man's condition, God's mercy and God's grace.

The problem of injustice and the sense of powerlessness and anger that it generates is dealt with. The problem a proposal to deal with our anger and the promise of God followed by what it is we can do as Christians.

Why good things happen to bad people. Asaph the psalmists explores his life experiences

Psalm 39 - when things go wrong.