Trouble will come, and when it does, we are often tempted to fear, despair, or place our trust in someone or something other than God. In Psalm 31, we find David facing great trouble, but his trust remains in the LORD, his rock, fortress, and refuge. Psalm 31 calls us to trust God in the midst of our troubles and to take courage as we wait for the LORD.

Psalm 106 recounts the forgetfulness and rebellion of God’s people throughout their history and the consequences of their sin. Despite his people’s unfaithfulness, the LORD remains good and faithful, remembering his covenant and showing his people steadfast love. This psalm calls us to remember God, confess our sin, and cry out to the LORD who saves.

Because of who God is and because of what God has done, God is worthy of our praise. But Psalm 98 calls for a certain kind of praise. The psalmist exhorts us to give God joyful praise.

Our psalm for this week focuses on Zion, the city of God. Prayerfully exploring the city, taking into consideration her ramparts and citadels, ought to be an incentive for us to tell the generations that follow ours of the great and mighty God to whom the city belongs. May his praise go forth to the ends of the earth!

The LORD is to be praised by everyone and everything. God is the Creator of all, the one who sustains all and the one who saves his people. This psalm is a universal call for all to join the choir to praise the LORD.

This wonderful Psalm of David contrasts the deceitfulness and destructiveness of the wickedness of man and his evil ways with the steadfast, life-giving love of the Lord. It exposes the folly of the arrogance of those who do not fear God and encourages us to find refuge in the Lord's mercy and precious steadfast love and to trust that all who know Him will indeed be loved and cared for until the end.

Psalm 114 beautifully describes a truth our church often sings together: “Our God is victorious; He always wins.” Even more beautifully, however, it describes the believer’s blessed confidence in God’s heart that accompanies His powerful presence: ”In love He reigns over us.”

All of God’s many wonderful attributes are important but the one that overrides all of the others is his holiness. Psalm 99 is a song of praise that is centered on the holiness of God. This week we will look at how his holiness is displayed in his sovereignty, his justice, and his lovingkindness. Come join us!

Attributed to King David, this psalm captures the confidence that those who trust in the Lord can have when they are facing enemies. With it being the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this psalm reminds us to put our hope in God for “vain is the salvation of man”!

The Apostle Paul closes his masterful epistle with a glorious doxology. Along with going through this closing blessing and praise to God, in this final sermon in our Romans sermon series we will reflect on some of the great doctrines of Romans we have covered. The aim will be to remember, rejoice and worship God.