Sermons About Psalms
Sacred Psalms: Psalm 115
Scott Berthel is our teacher today. He is married to Sally and looking forward to celebrating their 22nd anniversary this summer. Together they have two daughters, Isabella and Elleanna. As a family, they enjoy traveling, cooking, reading, and playing together. They have lived in Carrollton for four years after moving from Michigan, and joined The Ridge Church three years ago. Scott serves as the Assistant Head of the Middle School at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison. He will be starting our Sacred Psalms series by teaching Psalm 115 and challenging us to consider the way all of the 150 Psalms can help to shape our worldview. Psalm 115 is an excellent example of a Psalm that offers important components of a God-centered worldview as it helps us understand more about who God is, the purpose He gives us in this world, and our human tendency to create idols as a mistaken form of response to God and His gifts.
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Worship in the House of the Lord
Why should Christians be excited to gather with the church? Why should Sunday mornings, when the church traditionally gathers together, be the highlight of the week for Christians? In this sermon, we look at Psalm 122 to find why Christians are glad to "go" to church.
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Making God Laugh
At Santa Margarita Community we desire to bring beauty to our community through celebrating our life together and blessing them with the presence of Christ in us...the Psalms describe that satisfied life like a tree that drinks its fill. A beautiful and blessed life is a life of obedience. If we believe the big thing, that God has paid for our sin on the cross, then we can also believe that he knows how to tells to live. All our boasting and arrogance in going our own way makes God laugh.
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Children are a Gift from God
What is your attitude towards children? Two predominant views are often held. On one hand, some see children as burdensome and getting in the way of their convenience and agenda. On the other hand, some hold a view of children that places them at the center of their lives—rather than God. As we celebrate our first baby dedication ceremony, we explore Psalm 127 and are confronted by God's attitude towards children: they are one of His good gifts to us, a responsibility we must carry out, and an illustration of His work in our lives.
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Delighting in God's Law (Psalm 1) 6-14-09
In Psalm 1, God describes the blessing that comes from delighting in His law.
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Worshipping... with God's Help
Where do you turn when you need help? In hard times, where do you find relief? In fearful times, where do you go for protection and refuge? Whatever and wherever you turn for help reveals the focus of your worship. Psalm 121 tells us to turn to God and worship Him, Who daily keeps us, protects us, and watches over us.
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Worship
In psalm 96 we see that we should worship God in community. This sermon explains the purpose and parts of our Sunday gatherings, and how the Sunday gatherings should lead us in to continuous worship of Jesus throughout the week.
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Delight and Thanksgiving
This week we see the importance of delighting in God in Psalm 34, and how our delight will overflow into thanksgiving.
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Getting on the Road of Worship
This sermon begins our summer series called, "Worship in Real Life". In this introductory sermon, we look at Psalm 120, the first of the Songs of Ascent. Our goal is to recapture a correct view of worship that encompasses all of our life, even during times of heartache and pain. “Getting on the Road of Worship” lays the foundation for understanding how the Gospel (the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ) affects every aspect of our lives.
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Biblical Meditation
"1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." Psalm 1:1-6
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