Acts 10 is our upcoming passage as we get back into our exposition of Acts. This is a pivotal passage in Acts and in the entire NT! It is the longest narrative of Acts because of its purpose - to describe and explain that God wants the nations to know Him and worship him. The gospel crosses a threshold to to tends of the earth (Acts 1:8). This passage is designed to convict the believer that there are people who we consider unclean and we avoid them, but God has planned to save them - and He wants to use us to do that. And, this passage is a powerful word to God-fearers today, seekers if you will, that still need to know that the Almighty God is known in Jesus.

We are back to the book of Acts and this launch Sunday we will reorient ourselves back to it with Acts 2:42-47, a key passage in Luke's account of the early church. In that passage we see the basics of a healthy and fruitful church, basics that are just as true today, than ever. Maybe these basics are especially true in this day of distraction, decadence, and information overload. The basics can be internalized with the acronym FLOW: fellowship, learning, outreach, worship. Those four things are what God is calling us to do most of the time, as best we can, by his grace. If we do, the gospel is going to advance. It just might surprise us how powerfully it advances, too.

This Psalm of ascent encourages the singers and worshippers to lift their eyes to the maker of heaven and earth, the one who is our helper. Join us as we conclude our summer series on the Psalms with this beautiful song of hope.

What do you do when you have sinned against the Lord and others? How do we seek genuine repentance and renewal? Psalm 51 provides us with a wonderful example of coming before the Lord and trusting in his mercy to forgive and his ability to cleanse us of our sins.

One of the best known and most beloved Psalms of all time, Psalm 23 evokes beautiful imagery of the Lord caring for us as His sheep and as His guests. Join us to explore anew the grace of God towards us as our Good Shepherd.

What drives sincere praise? Psalm 8 shows how we were in need of redemption, how He accomplished our redemption and ends giving us a picture onto that day when we will see that redemption being consummated. It is this journey through the redemption story that prompts in those who belong to Him a life in awe and surrender for the glory of the majesty of His name.

Psalm 110 says that Christ’s people will offer themselves freely on the day of His power in worship and obedience. How can that promise become more real in our lives with Christ today? The key is to see, by faith, who God is in Jesus Christ. Christ is our better king, better priest, and better judge. As we apprehend Him by faith, we are empowered to offer ourselves joyfully, freely, and entirely in obedience to God.

This week we turn to Psalm 3, wherein David seeks the Lord’s help as his enemies pursue him. We can join with the voice of the Psalmist in singing and praying for God’s judgement and righteousness to fill the earth, as we long for his peace and goodness, and labor to proclaim Christ to all who don’t know him.

But how do sing and pray these seemingly difficult cursing Psalms? Psalm 3 gives us both vocabulary and posture to long joyfully for God’s righteous judgement.

What does it mean to trust in the Lord? What is true about the confident, content Christian, who delights securely in Christ? In Psalm 16 we are given words to sing, pray and aspire to as we grow in our trust. Those who trust in Christ alone, find joyful contentment and eternal satisfaction.

In Psalm 130 we’re given a song to cry out the Lord. Whether it is from a place of pain, suffering, chaos, shame or sorrow— the Lord receives our cry and bids us trust in him. May the Lord use Psalm 130 to teach us to bring our cares to him, knowing that he listens. And may we wait upon the Lord in trust and submission.