Read the Bible: Psalm 63
God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.
I thirst for you;
my body faints for you
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.
3 My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.
6 When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches
7 because you are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
8 I follow close to you;
your right hand holds on to me.
9 But those who intend to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become a meal for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Psalms 63:1-11 (CSB)
REMEMBER: Honor a Mother and/or Father Figure
The fifth of the Ten Commandments instructs Christ followers to give honor to those who have served as mother or father figures. There are countless ways to follow this commandment and ahead of Mother’s (May 12) and Father’s Day (June 16), we’d like to offer one more.
Use the button below to read more and to submit information for a mother or father figure you would like to give honor.
Questions? Contact us.
Sunday School is for All Ages!
In Exodus 7:14 - 10:29, nine plagues serve as nine birth pangs foretelling the deliverance and birth of a new nation. With the tenth plague, the Israelites are forcefully pushed from Egypt—also known as Mizraim or the narrow place—toward a broad and spacious land flowing with milk and honey.
But why a total of ten plagues? God could have freed His people by a single action. Yet, He chose a series of plagues, each more severe and personal.
Each plague presented the Egyptian Pharoah with an option to repent and relent. Each plague also served as a systematic toppling of the idols of Egypt. The entire Egyptian pantheon, from Osiris, god of the Nile, all the way to Ra, the sun god, was proven impotent and altogether worthless by each successive plague.
God is still in the idol toppling business today and will do whatever it takes to make His name and glory known among the nations. And each time He does, it is an act of limitless mercy—an opportunity to relent, repent, and return to the Lord.
Sunday School for all ages begins weekly at 9:45 AM. All are warmly welcome.
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Read the Bible: Psalm 62
I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from him.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering fence?
4 They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly. Selah
5 Rest in God alone, my soul,
for my hope comes from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before him.
God is our refuge. Selah
9 Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than a vapor.
10 Place no trust in oppression
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
don’t set your heart on it.
11 God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,
12 and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.
For you repay each according to his works.
Psalms 62:1-12 (CSB)
TONIGHT: Communion Service
“Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19).
Join us at 6:00 PM as we celebrate Holy Communion.
Read the Bible: Psalm 61
God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.
2 I call to you from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
3 for you have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower in the face of the enemy.
4 I will dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah
5 God, you have heard my vows;
you have given a heritage
to those who fear your name.
6 Add days to the king’s life;
may his years span many generations.
7 May he sit enthroned before God forever.
Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.
8 Then I will continually sing of your name,
fulfilling my vows day by day.
Psalms 61:1-8 (CSB)
Read the Bible: Psalm 60
God, you have rejected us;
you have broken us down;
you have been angry. Restore us!
2 You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.
3 You have made your people suffer hardship;
you have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.
4 You have given a signal flag to those who fear you,
so that they can flee before the archers. Selah
5 Save with your right hand, and answer me,
so that those you love may be rescued.
6 God has spoken in his sanctuary:
“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin.
I throw my sandal on Edom;
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 God, haven’t you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.
11 Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
12 With God we will perform valiantly;
he will trample our foes.
Psalms 60:1-12 (CSB)
Read the Bible: Psalm 59
Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.
2 Rescue me from evildoers,
and save me from men of bloodshed.
3 Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
4 For no fault of mine,
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.
5 LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.
Rise up to punish all the nations;
do not show favor to any wicked traitors. Selah
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16 But I will sing of your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
your faithful love in the morning.
For you have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.
17 To you, my strength, I sing praises,
because God is my stronghold —
my faithful God.
Psalms 59:1-5, 16-17 (CSB)
Read all of Psalm 59 using the link below.
Read the Bible: Psalm 58
Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?
2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars wander about from birth.
4 They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
5 that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.
6 God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
LORD, tear out the young lions’ fangs.
7 May they vanish like water that flows by;
may they aim their blunted arrows.
8 Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
may they not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns —
whether green or burning —
he will sweep them away.
10 The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then people will say,
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth! ”
Psalms 58:1-11 (CSB)