Psalm 118
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Lament: Bringing Our Sorrows To God
Psalm 77
God invites us to boldly pray our sorrows.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Psalms Commentary by Tremper Longman; Handbook On The Wisdom Literature by Daniel J. Estes
Confession: Bringing Our Sins to God
Psalm 51
God calls us to come to him as broken sinners to confess our sins and receive grace.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Treasury of David by CH Spurgeon
Why Evening Prayer
Psalm 4
We pray in the evening because God is our rest and refuge.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
Why Morning Prayer
Psalm 5
We pray in the morning knowing that all that God is, He is for us.
Meditation on Scripture
Psalm 1
We meditate on the Scriptures day and night because it’s in the Scriptures that we find true happiness.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commenetaries on the Psalms by John Calvin, John Goldingay, and Derek Kidner; Answering God: The Psalms As A Tool For Prayer by Eugene Peterson; Tree People by Bill Boyd; Handbook On The Wisdom Books and Psalms by Daniel Estes
JONAH: The Pouting Prophet, the Gracious God
Jonah 4:1-11
God’s global grace should compel us to make him known.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; Handbook on the Prophets by Robert Chisholm; JONAH: Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament by Kevin Youngblood
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JONAH: Jonah's Sermon, Nineveh's Repentance
Jonah 3:1-10
YHWH sends his people to get his message out to the world.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; JONAH: Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament by Kevin J. Youngblood
Note: We have finally corrected the volume issue!
JONAH: Jonah Prays
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Jonah prays, sobered by YHWH’s severe mercy, and praises him for his sovereign salvation.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Gospel Transformation Bible; Commentaries by Youngblood, Phillips, Ferguson, and Boice
JONAH: The Fear of a Merciful God
Jonah 1:4-17
Since the God of Jonah is the one true, merciful God, we are to respond to Him with reverent worship.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible, NIV Study Bible, 'Man Overboard!' Ferguson, 'Salvation Through Judgement and Mercy' Estelle, 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' Calvin, Commentaries on Jonah by Alexander and Youngblood