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Bryan Mowery shares about our need to make much of Jesus and the call to love, equip, and release emerging generations.

Our good friend from a country that is under intense persecution shares about how God meets us and helps us as individuals, as families, and as churches, thrive in the midst of pain, suffering, and persecution.

NOTE: for our friend's personal safety we have chosen to share his face on the video. Also, please do not share his name on social media. Thank you!

Carl Medford teaches through Psalm 8, a Psalm that helps us see humankind's place in God's created order. In this Psalm we see that humans were created with a destiny to rule and reign over God's good creation, yet sin has undermined this. In an act of pure grace, God defeated sin and has brought us back into a life of ruling and reigning once we come under and apprentice to Jesus' ways, the ways of listening to and obeying God the Father.

Andy Cooley teaches from Psalm 90, a psalm of trust in the Lord and contentment in his ways. What does it mean to find true contentment in life? How is true and lasting happiness achieved? The Bible, and this song in particular, have a lot to say in regards to these questions.

Bo Noonan teaches from Psalm 29, a psalm of praise. This psalm uses beautifully powerful imagery to help us see that creation, in all its power and glory, is just a finger that points us to the truly glorious one...God himself. As we live life, we can listen to God's voice speaking through many created things, yet we should be careful to let those things point us to the one who created them, and not be enamoured by the things themselves.

Bo Noonan teaches from Psalm 27; a Psalm of trouble. As we continue to see in the Psalms, we are learning language for our souls. As human beings we are in a constant conversation with ourselves, and what we say to ourselves about God will shape the way we respond to things. In Psalm 27 David starts with good theology and ends with good theology, and instead of running from troubles, he calls out for the presence of his good Father in the midst of his troubles, not denying them, but embracing God in the midst of them.

Bo Noonan teaches from Psalm 24. This Psalm is the culmination of the story of David's desire to build a "house for the Lord" and the realisation that David's uncleanness prevented him from this desire. Yet, God's plan was to turn that tables and to build a house for David. Through David's lineage, or house, a savior would come who would take upon himself, not just David's uncleanness, but all of humanity's uncleanness as well.

Bo Noonan teaches through Psalm 51. Here we find King David before the Lord, actively repenting of a series of terrible decisions in his life. In this Psalm we find language for repentance and the truth that, when we sin, the most offended party is always God himself. Yet, his grace and mercy always welcome us back into relationship with him.

Bo Noonan teaches from Psalm 4 in our "Jesus' Songbook" series through the Psalms. Psalm 4 is a Psalm of David, written during an incredibly difficult situation in his life. This Psalm helps us learn how to react when difficulty comes our way, as we see David turn to his loving Father God instead of away from him. We also see Jesus' work and story in this Psalm as the one who suffered alone and took on our death so we could live with him for eternity.

Alastair Moyer kicks off our summer series through the Psalms with the foundational truth of Psalm 1.