Harbor Rock Tabernacle

This final study in the series "Taste And See" provides an overview of Psalm 34. David explains the importance of our praise, prayer and purity, and then assures us of God's amazing promises to protect and provide for those who trust in Him.

Fear of the Lord drives everything in our lives. If we don't fear Him, we will become spiritually indifferent and cold. But when there is an abundance of the right fear, our heart and mind will be perfectly aligned. This study from Psalm 34:9 and Daniel 1 focuses on the three ways to fear the Lord, and how Daniel made an intentional choice that influenced many other people.

The Lord tells us that "there is no want for those who fear Him", which means that we will have no need, lack of deficiency. But do we really believe that with our lives? There are two issues that threaten to hinder our faith, and four changes we need to make to build our confidence in God's perfect promise.

Psalm 34:8 says "how blessed is the one who takes refuge in the Lord". But is the Lord the One we really trust and run to for protection and security, or do we take refuge other people and things? In this study, our focus is on the buildings in our personal "harbor"--what we go to most for comfort and strength and fulfillment.

The focus of this first study from our Family Camp 2016 series "Taste And See", from Psalm 34:8-9, is that there is a courage and boldness to faith that is willing to trust the Lord even when there is no guarantee of the result. This concept is experienced through some "taste tests", as well as the account of a courageous widow in 1 Samuel 17.

If someone was to describe your convictions and spiritual influence in two phrases, what would they be? Are you impacting people by your faith and faithfulness? Caleb was one of only two men to make it from Egypt to the Promised Land. He never did a miracle or talked to God directly, and he wasn't used in a dramatic way, but the Lord called attention to him because he had a "different spirit" and "followed the Lord fully". In this study from Numbers 14, we are called to have a "following spirit" that comes out of our freedom in Christ.

The lives of two men who had never met intersected in a dramatic way one night when one was dying and the other was working to keep him alive. This moment not only ended with a literal miracle, but it reinforced the power of God's grace and goodness to both men and their families.

In one day in Luke 8, Jesus had four encounters with people who were hurting and had no answers for their significant problems. Each was helpless and hopeless, but Jesus showed His love and mercy to each one. These accounts prove to us that anyone can have confident hope and complete security in any circumstance…but that hope and security is only found in the Lord!

A mindset of entitlement is ingrained in our culture. But thousands of years ago, Israel was the first example of a nation that believed they should get whatever they wanted. In this study from Exodus 17, we see spiritual principles about how the attitude of entitlement damages our faith, our perspective and our relationship with the Lord...and how to offset it.

Spiritual conflict is a part of every person's life, no matter what they believe about God. For a Christian, the daily challenge is staying faithful to the Lord while not feeling defeated by moments of failure. Romans 7 and 8 teach us about the power of God's grace, freedom from condemnation and reacting to spiritual warfare.