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  • Sermon on the Mount Intro - Kingdom Living: An Introduction to the Greatest Sermon
    Matthew 5-7 (NASB)
    The Sermon on the Mount
    5 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples        
       came to Him.
    2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,
    3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
    4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
    5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
    6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
    7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
    8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
    9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
    10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the   
        kingdom of heaven.
    11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil
        against you because of Me.
    12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted
        the prophets who were before you.
    13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty
        again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by
        men.
    14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
    15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light  
        to all who are in the house.
    16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify
        your Father who is in heaven.
    17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
    18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall
        pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
    19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the
        same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he
        shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
    20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees,
        you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
    21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever
        commits murder shall be liable to the court.’
    22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court;
        and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme
        court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
    23 Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother
        has something against you,
    24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then
        come and present your offering.
    25 Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that
        your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be
        thrown into prison.
    26 Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.
    27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;
    28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed
        adultery with her in his heart.
    29 If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to
        lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
    30 If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to
        lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
    31 “It was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’;
    32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity,
        makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
    33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but
        shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
    34 But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
    35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the
        great King.
    36 Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
    37 But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.
    38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
    39 But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn
        the other to him also.
    40 If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
    41 Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
    42 Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
    43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
    44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
    45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the
        evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
    46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors
        do the same?
    47 If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the
        Gentiles do the same?
    48 Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
    6 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you
        have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
    2 “So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the
        synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they
        have their reward in full.
    3 But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
    4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will
        reward you.
    5 “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the
        synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they
        have their reward in full.
    6 But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who
        is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
    7 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they
        suppose that they will be heard for their many words.
    8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
    9 “Pray, then, in this way:
        ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.


    10 ‘Your kingdom come.  Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.


    11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.


    12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.


    13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  [For Yours is the kingdom and
        the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]
    14 For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
    15 But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
    16 “Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their
        appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they
        have their reward in full.
    17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face
    18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your
        Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
    19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
        thieves break in and steal.
    20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
        where thieves do not break in or steal;
    21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
    22 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of
        light.
    23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you
        is darkness, how great is the darkness!
    24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be
        devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
    25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what
        you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and
        the body more than clothing?
    26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your
        heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
    27 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
    28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not
        toil nor do they spin,
    29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
    30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into
        the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
    31 Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we
        wear for clothing?’
    32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all
        these things.
    33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
    34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.  Each day has enough
        trouble of its own.
    7 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
    2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be
        measured to you.
    3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in
        your own eye?
    4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the
        log is in your own eye?
    5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the
        speck out of your brother’s eye.
    6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will
        trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
    7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
    8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
        opened.
    9 Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?
    10 Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
    11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
        your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
    12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the
        Law and the Prophets.
     
    13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to
        destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
    14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
    15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous
        wolves.
    16 You will know them by their fruits.  Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from
        thistles, are they?
    17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
    18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
    19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
    20 So then, you will know them by their fruits.
    21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
        does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
    22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your
        name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
    23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
        lawlessness.’
    24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a
        wise man who built his house on the rock.
    25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house;
        and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
    26 Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man
        who built his house on the sand.
    27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it
        fell—and great was its fall.”
    28 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;
    29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Psalm 78 - Tell the Story of Salvation To Your Children!
    Psalm 78 (ESV)
    1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
        incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
    2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
        I will utter dark sayings from of old,
    3 things that we have heard and known,
        that our fathers have told us.
    4 We will not hide them from their children,
        but tell to the coming generation
        the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
        and the wonders that he has done.
    5 He established a testimony in Jacob
        and appointed a law in Israel,
        which he commanded our fathers
        to teach to their children,
    6 that the next generation might know them,
        the children yet unborn,
        and arise and tell them to their children,
    7   so that they should set their hope in God
        and not forget the works of God,
        but keep his commandments;
    8 and that they should not be like their fathers,
        a stubborn and rebellious generation,
        a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
        whose spirit was not faithful to God.
    9 The Ephraimites, armed with the bow,
        turned back on the day of battle.
    10 They did not keep God's covenant,
        but refused to walk according to his law.
    11 They forgot his works
        and the wonders that he had shown them.
    12 In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders
        in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
    13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it,
        and made the waters stand like a heap.
    14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
        and all the night with a fiery light.
    15 He split rocks in the wilderness
        and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
    16 He made streams come out of the rock
        and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
    17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
        rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
    18 They tested God in their heart
        by demanding the food they craved.
    19 They spoke against God, saying,
        “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
    20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out
        and streams overflowed.
        Can he also give bread
        or provide meat for his people?”
    21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
        a fire was kindled against Jacob;
        his anger rose against Israel,
    22 because they did not believe in God
        and did not trust his saving power.
    23 Yet he commanded the skies above
        and opened the doors of heaven,
    24 and he rained down on them manna to eat
        and gave them the grain of heaven.
    25 Man ate of the bread of the angels;
        he sent them food in abundance.
    26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
        and by his power he led out the south wind;
    27 he rained meat on them like dust,
        winged birds like the sand of the seas;
    28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp,
        all around their dwellings.
    29 And they ate and were well filled,
        for he gave them what they craved.
    30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
        while the food was still in their mouths,
    31 the anger of God rose against them,
        and he killed the strongest of them
        and laid low the young men of Israel.
    32 In spite of all this, they still sinned;
        despite his wonders, they did not believe.
    33 So he made their days vanish like a breath,
        and their years in terror.
    34 When he killed them, they sought him;
        they repented and sought God earnestly.
    35 They remembered that God was their rock,
        the Most High God their redeemer.
    36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
        they lied to him with their tongues.
    37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
        they were not faithful to his covenant.
    38 Yet he, being compassionate,
        atoned for their iniquity
        and did not destroy them;
        he restrained his anger often
        and did not stir up all his wrath.
    39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
        a wind that passes and comes not again.
    40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
        and grieved him in the desert!
    41 They tested God again and again
        and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
    42 They did not remember his power
        or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
    43 when he performed his signs in Egypt
        and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
    44 He turned their rivers to blood,
        so that they could not drink of their streams.
    45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,
        and frogs, which destroyed them.
    46 He gave their crops to the destroying locust
        and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
    47 He destroyed their vines with hail
        and their sycamores with frost.
    48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
        and their flocks to thunderbolts.
    49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
        wrath, indignation, and distress,
        a company of destroying angels.
    50 He made a path for his anger;
        he did not spare them from death,
        but gave their lives over to the plague.
    51 He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,
        the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
    52 Then he led out his people like sheep
        and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
    53 He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,
        but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
    54 And he brought them to his holy land,
        to the mountain which his right hand had won.
    55 He drove out nations before them;
        he apportioned them for a possession
        and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
    56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
        and did not keep his testimonies,
    57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
        they twisted like a deceitful bow.
    58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
        they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
    59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
        and he utterly rejected Israel.
    60 He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
        the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
    61 and delivered his power to captivity,
        his glory to the hand of the foe.
    62 He gave his people over to the sword
        and vented his wrath on his heritage.
    63 Fire devoured their young men,
        and their young women had no marriage song.
    64 Their priests fell by the sword,
        and their widows made no lamentation.
    65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
        like a strong man shouting because of wine.
    66 And he put his adversaries to rout;
        he put them to everlasting shame.
    67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;
        he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
    68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
        Mount Zion, which he loves.
    69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
        like the earth, which he has founded forever.
    70 He chose David his servant
        and took him from the sheepfolds;
    71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him
        to shepherd Jacob his people,
        Israel his inheritance.
    72 With upright heart he shepherded them
        and guided them with his skillful hand.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Psalm 20 - Our King's Victory Fuels Our Spiritual Warfare
    Psalm 20 (ESV)
    1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
        May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
    2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
        and give you support from Zion!
    3 May he remember all your offerings
        and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
    4 May he grant you your heart's desire
        and fulfill all your plans!
    5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,
        and in the name of our God set up our banners!
        May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
    6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
        he will answer him from his holy heaven
        with the saving might of his right hand.
    7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
        but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
    8 They collapse and fall,
        but we rise and stand upright.
    9 O Lord, save the king!
        May he answer us when we call.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Psalm 19 - What Cosmic Creation Reveals and Written Revelation Results In
    PSALM 19 (ESV)
    1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
        and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
    2 Day to day pours out speech,
        and night to night reveals knowledge.
    3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
        whose voice is not heard.
    4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
        and their words to the end of the world.
        In them he has set a tent for the sun,
    5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
        and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
    6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
        and its circuit to the end of them,
        and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
    7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
        reviving the soul;
        the testimony of the Lord is sure,
        making wise the simple;
    8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
        rejoicing the heart;
        the commandment of the Lord is pure,
        enlightening the eyes;
    9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
        enduring forever;
        the rules of the Lord are true,
        and righteous altogether.
    10 More to be desired are they than gold,
        even much fine gold;
        sweeter also than honey
        and drippings of the honeycomb.
    11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
        in keeping them there is great reward.
    12 Who can discern his errors?
        Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
    13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
        let them not have dominion over me!
        Then I shall be blameless,
        and innocent of great transgression.
    14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
        be acceptable in your sight,
        O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Psalm 18 - Worship for God's Faithfulness in Warfare
    Psalm 18 (ESV)
    1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
    2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
        my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
        my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
    3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
        and I am saved from my enemies.
    4 The cords of death encompassed me;
        the torrents of destruction assailed me;
    5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
        the snares of death confronted me.
    6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
        to my God I cried for help.
       From his temple he heard my voice,
        and my cry to him reached his ears.
    7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
        the foundations also of the mountains trembled
        and quaked, because he was angry.
    8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,
        and devouring fire from his mouth;
        glowing coals flamed forth from him.
    9 He bowed the heavens and came down;
        thick darkness was under his feet.
    10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
        he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
    11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
        thick clouds dark with water.
    12 Out of the brightness before him
        hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
    13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
        and the Most High uttered his voice,
        hailstones and coals of fire.
    14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
        he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
    15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
        and the foundations of the world were laid bare
        at your rebuke, O Lord,
        at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
    16 He sent from on high, he took me;
        he drew me out of many waters.
    17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
        and from those who hated me,
        for they were too mighty for me.
    18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
        but the Lord was my support.
    19 He brought me out into a broad place;
        he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
    20 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;
        according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
    21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
        and have not wickedly departed from my God.
    22 For all his rules were before me,
        and his statutes I did not put away from me.
    23 I was blameless before him,
        and I kept myself from my guilt.
    24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
        according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
    25 With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
        with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
    26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
        and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
    27 For you save a humble people,
        but the haughty eyes you bring down.
    28 For it is you who light my lamp;
        the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
    29 For by you I can run against a troop,
        and by my God I can leap over a wall.
    30 This God—his way is perfect;
        the word of the Lord proves true;
        he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
    31 For who is God, but the Lord?
        And who is a rock, except our God?—
    32 the God who equipped me with strength
        and made my way blameless.
    33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
        and set me secure on the heights.
    34 He trains my hands for war,
        so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
    35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
        and your right hand supported me,
        and your gentleness made me great.
    36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
        and my feet did not slip.
    37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
        and did not turn back till they were consumed.
    38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
        they fell under my feet.
    39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
        you made those who rise against me sink under me.
    40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
        and those who hated me I destroyed.
    41 They cried for help, but there was none to save;
        they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
    42 I beat them fine as dust before the wind;
        I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
    43 You delivered me from strife with the people;
        you made me the head of the nations;
        people whom I had not known served me.
    44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
        foreigners came cringing to me.
    45 Foreigners lost heart
        and came trembling out of their fortresses.
    46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
        and exalted be the God of my salvation—
    47 the God who gave me vengeance
        and subdued peoples under me,
    48 who delivered me from my enemies;
        yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
        you rescued me from the man of violence.
    49 For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
        and sing to your name.
    50 Great salvation he brings to his king,
        and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
        to David and his offspring forever.
     
    1 hr 7 min
  • Psalm 17 - The Powerful Prayer of the Innocent When Threatened by Enemies
    Psalm 17 (ESV)
    1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry!
        Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
    2 From your presence let my vindication come!
        Let your eyes behold the right!
    3 You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,
        you have tested me, and you will find nothing;
        I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
    4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
        I have avoided the ways of the violent.
    5 My steps have held fast to your paths;
        my feet have not slipped.
    6 I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
        incline your ear to me; hear my words.
    7 Wondrously show your steadfast love,
        O Savior of those who seek refuge
        from their adversaries at your right hand.
    8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
        hide me in the shadow of your wings,
    9 from the wicked who do me violence,
        my deadly enemies who surround me.
    10 They close their hearts to pity;
          with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
    11 They have now surrounded our steps;
          they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.
    12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
          as a young lion lurking in ambush.
    13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
          Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
    14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
          from men of the world whose portion is in this life.
         You fill their womb with treasure;
          they are satisfied with children,
          and they leave their abundance to their infants.
    15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
          when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
     
    1 hr 6 min
  • Psalm 16 The Earthly Confidence and Eternal Blessedness of the Person Who Trusts in God's Goodness
    Psalm 16 (ESV)
    1   Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
    2   I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
         I have no good apart from you.”
    3   As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
         in whom is all my delight.
    4   The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
         their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
         or take their names on my lips.
    5   The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
         you hold my lot.
    6   The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
         indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
    7   I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
         in the night also my heart instructs me.
    8   I have set the Lord always before me;
         because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
    9   Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
         my flesh also dwells secure.
    10   For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
           or let your holy one see corruption.
    11   You make known to me the path of life;
           in your presence there is fullness of joy;
           at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
     
    59 min
  • Psalm 15 - The Spirit's Promise To Those Whose Delight Is Christ And Christian Obedience

    Psalm 15 (ESV)

    1 O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?
        Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
    2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
        and speaks truth in his heart;
    3 who does not slander with his tongue
        and does no evil to his neighbor,
        nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
    4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
        but who honors those who fear the Lord;
    who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
    5 who does not put out his money at interest
        and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
    He who does these things shall never be moved.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Psalm 14 - The Completely Depraved Will Not Consume Christ's Church

    Psalm 14 (ESV)


    1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
        They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
        there is none who does good.

    2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,

        to see if there are any who understand,
        who seek after God.

    3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

        there is none who does good,
        not even one.

    4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

        who eat up my people as they eat bread
        and do not call upon the Lord?

    5 There they are in great terror,

        for God is with the generation of the righteous.
    6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
        but the Lord is his refuge.

    7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

        When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
        let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

    53 min