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This month of November, we are going to continue to look through the Psalms, but focused more on the topic of worship. Worship has become something that happens at a particular time in a church service. Is that what worship is? Join us as we Purse: A Heart of Worship.  #stjoecofc #ComeAndSee #Pursue2022

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Today we are going to look at Psalm 13. It is considered a Psalm of Lament, or Psalm of sorrow. In the book of Psalms where David is just singing praises to his God, his creator, but we also see it in many of those Psalms where David is in some sort of a pit. […]

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Today, we are going to look at a more upbeat and uplifting Psalm. Not only that, it elevates man and woman to the status that they were created to have.  A status where they find themselves under the authority of God while being over the authority of all of God’s creation. Join us as we […]

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Some of you think you don’t have enemies. While you may not have an army setting up camp ready to bring tanks and bazookas against you. You do have enemies. People who don’t like you. People who oppose you. People who are against you. Sometimes others make it unavoidable for us to have enemies. David […]

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These Psalms, the Songs of Ascent, were the songs families would sing together while on their way to the temple. They are the songs Jesus sang with His disciples while He was on His way up to Jerusalem for one of the feasts. Jesus had about a three year ministry with the disciples. So they […]

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This year we have been studying the life of David. We have journeyed through the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles. From there we moved on to the books of Psalms. God calls David a man after His own heart. This has catapulted David to be […]

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Have you ever felt that? Have you ever seen someone in need and it just grabbed your heart and wouldn’t let go? Jesus calls us to action when our heart is broken. Join us as we hear from Randy Wheeler and what actions should we have when compassion arises.   Randy Wheeler is a Vice […]

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There several ideas about gods. People all over the world have different views, names and attributes they give to the various gods they worship. Today as we continue our sermon series through the book of Psalms, we come to Psalm 19. This Psalm was written by David. It was intended to be part of the […]

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This is a Psalm of the Messiah, the Prince or King. In this psalm, we see that there are people against God, against the Messiah or the Lord’s anointed. Reading this made me ask the questions: Is what is described in this psalm a universal rule that holds true for every nation? Can these verses […]

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In today’s Psalm, Psalm 1, we see that the Psalms contain a lot of good wisdom for living a good, practical, and godly life. The theme of this psalm is of wisdom. It contains very wise and practical advice about the benefits of avoiding the world in many ways and embracing God, specifically, the law […]

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