GUIDED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
God guides His people by Covenant. This relational oath, instituted by God, becomes the means by which we understand Him, ourselves, and the relationship between the two. This gives all of life a different focus. This world was created by God for a purpose and it is only when we live for that purpose that […]
CONSUMED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Doing good in this world often feels like you are pushing a boulder up a hill. It isn’t just that the work is hard, but that so many forces are working against you. In this Psalm, David calls down God’s wrath on those who are producing the push-back. He invites God to destroy the evil […]
COVERED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The Psalmist leads the people of God in a communal lament. While this Psalm starts off with the praise and worship we are used to, it quickly turns into frustration and anger aimed at God. This gives us both permission and an example of how to be frustrated with God. God invites us to be […]
COMMITTED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The Wisdom Psalms are given to us by God to help us answer the big questions of humanity. Even as God gives us answers, He makes us more dependent on Him. We are not given a means of operating on the wisdom, but wisdom is being shown our need for God. *the first 3 minutes […]
RESTORED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
David unloads this psalm of Thanksgiving to recast his whole life through God’s narrative. This is both a celebration at the dedication of the temple, but also a celebration of all of the moments that led there. Joy is the end of the long path of the christian life; we must remember this as we […]
REVIVED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
God reveals Himself to us in different ways: in creation, through our life experiences, and in His revealed Word. As we try to come to conclusions on who He is, we need to know how to read these different self-declarations. In Psalm 19, David helps us to see that we can only make sense of […]
SECURED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
This Song of Trust is both a deceleration of trust, but also a tool toward trust. Faith is not something we just have, it is something that must be built up through time. The Psalmist gives us 7 ways to deepen our trust in God as we move through this life.
ESTEEMED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
This Enthronement Psalm makes it clear that the kings of this world have set themselves up against God. Before we excuse ourselves from this, we have to acknowledge that we too are part of this grand rebellion. The good news for us is that in Jesus Christ we have a new king; a king who […]
DELIGHTED
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The Book of Psalms begins in a very appropriate way, laying out the two paths available to us in this life: the way of God and the way of the wicked. These ways are certainly different in the present, but reveal their greatest difference in the future: where they lead. One leads to blessedness, and […]
Joy…in brotherhood
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Paul ends the letter with a loving reflection on the relationship that he shared with the church in Philippi. From this description we get a final example of what other-focused, joy-driven, Jesus-centered community look like. To be able to love others well, to be fulfilled in our relationship with others, we must first be satisfied […]
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