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This is Week 11 in a series called 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Us

 

PSALM 67:1

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us.

 

NUMBERS 6:22-27

The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: "'"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."' "So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."

 

PSALM 68:4-6

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him - his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing;

PSALM 68:22-25

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice. Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whoe power is in the heavens. You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to this people. Praise be to God!

This is week 10 in a series called 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Illuminated

 

 

YOU ARE THE VISUAL AID

 

1 PETER 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.

 

1 THESSALONIANS 4:14

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

 

1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-23

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfuits; then when he comes, those who belong to him.

 

EPHESIANS 5: 13-14

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible - and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

 

PSALM 57

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast;

I will sing and make music.

Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

I will praise you, Lord, among the nations: I will sing of you among the peoples.

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

This is Week 9 of 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Josh Anderson, Community Life Pastor at theHeart church in Boone NC.

 

Subtitle: Restore Me

 

PSALM 51:10

Create in me a pure heart, O God.

 

 

Change can only be created by God Himself.

 

Creation out of nothing.

 

EZEKIEL 18:30

EZEKIEL 36:26

 

JOHN 1:7-9

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.  If we claim to be without sin, we ceceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

 

Christ's sacrifice on the cross does not replace our asking for forgiveness.

It is the basis for our asking.

 

PSALM 51:11

Do not cast me from your presence or take your holy spirit from me.

 

There is often much faith in much fear.

 

Through Christ, we live in the freedom of forgiveness for all eternity.

 

1 PETER 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

 

1 JOHN 3:9

No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

 

"It is natural that the saints, when they have fallen into sin, and have thus done what they could to expel the grace of God, should feel an anxiety upon this point; but it is their duty to hold fast the truth, that grace is the incorruptible seed of God, which never can perish in any heart where it has been deposited. This is the spirit displayed by David. Reflecting upon his offence, he is agitated with fears, and yet rests in the persuasion that, being a child of God, he would not be deprived of what, indeed, he had justly forfeited." ~John Calvin

 

PSALM 51:12

Resotre to me the joy of Your salvation and grant a willing spirit to sustain me.

 

Knowing that you're forgiven, do you find yourself more committed to be changed by God?

 

JOB 33:26

Then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God's face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.

 

In forgiveness our hearts realize joy.

 

PSALM 51:13

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will turn back to You.

 

It is not our duty to tell others about God's forgiveness until we have allowed God to forgive us first.

 

PSALM 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

 

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

 

Contrition is a key factor in true repentance.

 

1 PETER 1:15-16

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

 

A PRAYER

O God, you have shown me how my thoughts, words, and actions have turned me away from your grace and your protection. I can see how the consequences of my sins have affected not only my relationship with you but my relationship with my brothers and sisters as well. O Lord, in your loving compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash away my iniquity and cleanse me from my sins.

Father, through faith in you and by trusting in Your Son's death and resurrection, I believe that I have been redeemed. I believe that You can throw my sins from me as far as the east is from the west. Filled with confidence - not in myself but in Your power and mercy, I confess my sin and ask You to forgive me. Lord, I know that in the Sacrament of Reconciliation I can experience notonly forgiveness but healing and restoration as well. And so I come to You, Father, hoping to receive Your grace to begin again. Thank You, Lord.

Father, words alone cannot describe what it is like to come back to You and feel Your embrace once more. You promised through Your prophet that even though my sins are as red as scarlet, they can be made as white as snow. How can anyone

This is week 8 of 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor of theHeart church in Boone NC.

 

 

Be still and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

 

 

Reading plan for Week 9: Psalms 50-56

This is Week 7 in a series titled 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Selah

 

If you would like to join us in reading through the Psalms, here is the list of readings for the previous week and coming days.

This is Week 6 of the series titled 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

WEEK 6: PSALMS 29-35

 

The Voice of the Lord - Psalm 29

 

PSALM 29

Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.

The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

The Lord sits entroned over the flood; the Lord is entroned as King forever.

The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.

 

 

"This is a song of thunder. This is a song of transcendent holiness. This is a song of dancing trees and running mountains...

We've built churches and sermonds to make Him tame and accessible, to make Him seem approachable as one who fits neatly into our lives, and we forget that His is the voice of thunder and lightning. Our comfort is unsettling. It is an uncomfortable comfort...

We forget, with little difficulty, that it was God's justice, the necessity of His holiness, that brought death to give life."

David Crowder

 

Exodus 20:1

And God spoke all these words:

[dabar debar amar]:

 

Genesis 1:1-3

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

 

Theology = The Study of God

Theophany = The Revealing of God

 

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.

 

"Sometimes praise comes face to the ground, unable to move because we are so aware that this holy, terrifying God has busied Himself bring sus back to Him. Let the knowledge of His transcendence bring us back to life. Let it flow like blook to sleeping limbs, and feel them tingle as they awake in awe, Shake life back into your hands and let them clap of His goodness. Shake life back into your legs and let them carry you running with wind and thunder. Shake life back into your chest and let your heart beat in pounding reverence. Let praise come face to the ground, trembling with life and awareness that we are formed by a holy God."

David Crowder

This is Week 5 of 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Josh Anderson, Community Life Pastor, theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

PSALM 27:4a

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek

 

 

PSALM 27:4b

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

 

 

DWELL

:To remain for a time

:To live as a resident

 

 

YASHABH:  To sit down

 

 

DWELLING PLACE

Dwelling in the house of the Lord provides comfort, protection, and rest.

 

 

DWELLING PLACE

Setting our hearts and minds on God influences everything we do.

 

 

PSALM 27:4c

To gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.

 

 

DWELLING PLACE

Acting according to God's commandments reflects His beauty to the world.

 

 

PSLAMS 27:5

For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.

 

 

DWELLING PLACE

We are God's temple.

 

 

2 CORINTHIANS 4:6

For God, who said, "let light shine out of darkness," made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.

 

 

PSALM 27:8

My heart says of You, "Seek His face!"

Your face, Lord, I will seek.

 

 

MATTHEW 11:28

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

 

 

REVELATION 21:3

Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.

This is Week 4 of 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: David's Pleas

 

PSALMS 15-21

David's Pleas

 

 

"We often imagine the Psalms as private compositions prayed by a shepherd, a traveler, or a fugitive. Close study shows all of them to be corporate; all were prayed by a community and in the community." -Eugene Peterson

 

PSALM 16:1

GOD

 

 

PSALM 16:2

LORD

 

PSALM 16:7

"even at night my heart instructs me:

 

PSALM 16:8-10

'nor will you let your faithful/holy one see decay'

 

MATTHEW 28:6

He is not here; he has risen

 

ACTS 13:34-37

God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, "I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.' So it is also stated elsewhere: "You will not let your holy one see decay.' "Now when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

 

PSALM 16:11

Right Hand

 

ACTS 2:24-32

God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. David said about him: "'Isaw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.' "Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

 

PSALM 17:1

my plea is just

 

PSALM 17:8

apple of your eye

 

"The deep places in our lives - places of resistance and embrace - are reached only by stories, by images, metaphors and phrases that line out the world differently, apart from our fear and hurt."

Walter Brueggemann

 

PSALMS 18:49

nations

 

EPHESIANS 3:4-6

In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revelaed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets.

 

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

 

2 CORINTHIANS 1:20-22

No matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

 

PSALM 18:50

to David and to his descendants forever

 

PSALM 18:49-50

Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing love to his anointed,

to David and to his descendants forever.

This is Week 3 of the series 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

PSALMS 8-14

 

PSALM 13: How Long?

 

1. How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

 

2. How long must I wrestle with my thoughts

and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me?

 

3. Look on me and answer, Lord my God.

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

 

4. and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"

and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

 

5. But I trust in your unfailing love;

my heart rejoices in your salvation.

 

6. I will sing the Lord's praise,

for he has been good to me.

This is week 2 of 150 Days of Psalms. Today's teaching is by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart church in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Hidden

Hidden. Psalms 1 -7

 

Psalm1.2meditates on his law day and night

Psalm2.2his anointed[mashiach][christos]son (Psalm2.7)baptism of Jesus (Matthew3.17)

 

refuge. shield. relief. safety.spread protection over.surround.cover over.hide.

Colossians 3.3your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

 

Psalm 91.1-4Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in theshadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refugeand my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will saveyou from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. Hewill cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will findrefuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Malachi 4.2the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its raysSun = ShemeshRighteousness = TsedekahHealing = MarpeRays = Kanaph

Psalm 19.4-6In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,like a champion rejoicing to run his course.It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other;nothing is deprived of its warmth.

 

Psalm 139.8-10If I go up to the heavens, you are there;if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.If I rise on the wings of the dawn,if I settle on the far side of the sea,even there your hand will guide me,your right hand will hold me fast.