Psalm 135
Pastor Marco Rankin
OUTLINE:
1. Call to praise God's goodness. (v.1-4)
2. Call to praise God's greatness. (v. 5-7)
3. Call to praise God's grace. (v. 8-14)
4. Call to destroy idols. (v. 15-18)
5. Call to worship God. (v.19-21)
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalm 19 - God Reveals His Glory
Psalm 19
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: God reveals His glory above in the skies, down to the Scriptures, and deeper still into our souls.
OUTLINE:
In The Skies (v 1-6)
Down To The Scriptures (v 7-10)
Deeper Still Into The Soul (v 11-14)
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalm 107 - God's Love
Psalm 107
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: When God displays His love for us to see we heartily applaud Him.
OUTLINE:
Prologue: These things say (v 1-3)
• Displays of God's love
• Wilderness wandering (v 4-9)
• Dungeon darkness (v 10-16)
• Foolish focus (v17-22)
• Self-confidence(v23-32)
Finale: A big barrage of blessings (v 33-42)
Epilogue: These things consider (v43)
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalm 90 - A Heart of Wisdom
Psalm 90
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: To daily live life in light of death requires a Heart of Wisdom.
OUTLINE:
A Heart of Wisdom.
1) regards God as home (v1-2)
2) laments over the misery of sin and death (v3-13)
3) prays boldly for endless vitality (v14-17)
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalm 73 - God is Good
Psalm 73
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: God is good to his people, even in their sin.
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalms 42 & 43 - My Exceeding Joy
Psalms 13
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: To enjoy the exceeding joy, we need changed more than we need our circumstances changed.
OUTLINE
1. The Drought
2. The Deluge
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalms 13 - Hope Lives On
Psalms 13
Pastor Brian Drake
BIG IDEA: When Enmity is strong and God seems gone, the Word of the LORD lets Hope live on...
In Sorrow-Filled Longing
In Sleep-Defying Prayer
In Scripture-Ripened Singing
RESOURCES: Psalms (Evangelical Biblical Theological Commentary) by James M Hamilton Jr.; Psalms (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Tremper Longman III; Psalms By The Day by Alec Motyer; Voicing God's Psalms by Calvin Seerveld; Psalms (Kidner Classic Commentaries) by Derek Kidner; Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortland; Renewal As a Way of Life by Richard Lovelace; The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd; 'Emptied Out' article in Christianity Today May/June 2022 by Kyle Rohane.
Keeping Hope Alive - Psalms 1 & 2 - The Doorway into the Psalms
Psalms 1 & 2
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: The LORD defeats the world-wide insurgency and delivers the righteous through the Blessed man who is His anointed King.
OUTLINE:
Psalm One - Who is in this world?
Psalm Two - What is going on in this world?
Hosanna!
Mark 11:1-11
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus is King.
OUTLINE:
1) Jesus Is The Sovereign King
2) Jesus Is The Anticipated King
3) Jesus Is The Meek King
4) Jesus Is The Sacrificial King
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Stein, Edwards, Strauss; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospel by Richard Hays; Making Sense of God by Tim Keller; Renewal As A Way of Life by Richard Lovelace
Jesus Is Opening Eyes
Mark 10:46-52
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus is calling the blind and opening eyes.
OUTLINE:
1) He does it in the most unlikely people (v. 46)
2) He does it because he delights in mercy (vs. 47-49)
3) He does it by his word, through faith (vs. 50-52)
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Pillar New Testament Commentary: Mark by James Edwards; Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund
