We are going to leave our study in the book of Acts this week to look at this psalm. This is a psalm of ascents, which means it was likely sung by Israelites as they neared Jerusalem on their way up to worship the Lord at an annual feast, such as Passover.

The church in Pergamum gets a mixed evaluation from the Lord in his letter to them (Revelation 2:12-17). The Lord knows the gloomy circumstances that they were in. The city is described as a place “where Satan’s throne is,” and where “Satan dwells.”

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 87. I want to concentrate on two parts in this Psalm. First, in verses 1 – 3, I want you to see this depiction of the city of God, the city that He has founded.

Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean?

Repetition while teaching children is a necessary tool that allows them to absorb information and to build on it for future understanding.

Revelation 2:8-11 is the letter to the church in Smyrna from the Lord Jesus. He tells the church he knows what they are going through:

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 85. This Psalm seeks to answer the question: What does a Christian do when he or she feels the judgment of God visit?

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”– Polonius to his son Laertes in “Hamlet”

It’s no secret that at the State Treasury of Mississippi, we believe deeply in financial wellness for every citizen. And if you give us the opportunity, we’ll scream it from the rooftops …

Easter is this coming Sunday, and it is good to remember the hope that the resurrected Christ gives to fallen men in a fallen world.

A mass shooting at a concert hall in Moscow killed more than 130 people. With many others seriously or gravely wounded the number of dead is likely to rise.

When you think of Psalm 84, you probably don’t think of it as a janitor’s song. You might be asking why I’ve titled it, “The Janitor’s Song.” Simply this: T

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn to Psalm 83. This Psalm is an imprecatory Psalm. An imprecatory Psalm is when the Old Testament people of God prayed that He would judge and even curse His and their enemies.

Court decisions can sound complicated because they sometimes contain legal language that is difficult for a layperson to understand. That’s not the situation in the case of Fulton County,

The great sin of the old world at Babel continues to this day: “Let us make a name for ourselves.” God’s glory is denied, and man seeks his own glory and good apart from God. We are all pulled that way, and it leads to misery and death.

When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family members have been known to stage an intervention. Congress and President Biden need an intervention as their addiction to spending exceeds anything seen in history.

In Isaiah chapter 1, the Lord laments that his people do not know him and seek him: “The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 81. In this great Psalm, we find three calls or summons. The first call is in verses 1 – 5. It’s a summons to rejoice. It’s literally a call to worship.

In Revelation 1:10, the apostle John says, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.” In the Spirit means under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit was in John in a special way; to give him the Lord’s prophetic word, which we have in the book of Revelation.

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 80 as we continue to make our way through the Third Book of the Psalms. In Psalm 80, we see the fall of the Northern Kingdom.