Read the Bible: Psalm 87

The city he founded is on the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loves Zion’s city gates
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are said about you,
city of God. Selah

4 “I will make a record of those who know me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush —
each one was born there.”
5 And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High himself will establish her.
6 When he registers the peoples,
the LORD will record,
“This one was born there.” Selah
7 Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”

Psalms 87:1-7 (CSB)

Read the Bible: Psalm 86

Listen, LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2 Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.
3 Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
4 Bring joy to your servant’s life,
because I appeal to you, Lord.

5 For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.
6 LORD, hear my prayer;
listen to my cries for mercy.
7 I call on you in the day of my distress,
for you will answer me.

8 Lord, there is no one like you among the gods,
and there are no works like yours.
9 All the nations you have made
will come and bow down before you, Lord,
and will honor your name.
10 For you are great and perform wonders;
you alone are God.

11 Teach me your way, LORD,
and I will live by your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.
12 I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor your name forever.
13 For your faithful love for me is great,
and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.

Psalms 86:1-13 (CSB)

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REMEMBER: Honor a 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 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 father figure you would like to give honor.

Questions? Contact us.

Sunday School is for All Ages!

On the cusp of the tenth and final plague on Egypt, Pharaoh still will not relent.

His country lies in waste. The crops are completely wiped out. The livestock are decimated. Everywhere there has been suffering and destruction. Pharaoh still will not relent.

One last time, Moses warns Pharaoh of what is to come. After the tenth plague, the people of Egypt will not merely allow Israel to leave; they will expel them from the land—forcefully push them out. The officials of Egypt will bow before Moses and a new nation will be delivered.

The apostle Paul writes of a day yet to come when the truer and better Moses, Jesus Christ, will receive the honor due His name:

…God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father

(Philippians 2:10-11).

A day is yet ahead when the redeemed of the Lord will be expelled from this land; caught up and delivered from the presence of sin to forever be with our Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:14-18).

Sunday School for all ages begins weekly at 9:45 AM. All are warmly welcome.

Read the Bible: Psalm 85

LORD, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You forgave your people’s guilt;
you covered all their sin. Selah
3 You withdrew all your fury;
you turned from your burning anger.

4 Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon your displeasure with us.
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger for all generations?
6 Will you not revive us again
so that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show us your faithful love, LORD,
and give us your salvation.

8 I will listen to what God will say;
surely the LORD will declare peace
to his people, his faithful ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.
9 His salvation is very near those who fear him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 Also, the LORD will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.
13 Righteousness will go before him
to prepare the way for his steps.

Psalms 85:1-13 (CSB)

TOMORROW: Ladies' Auxiliary Breakfast

Join the Ladies’ Auxiliary Quarterly Fellowship Breakfast, tomorrow, 8:30 AM, at Cracker Barrel. All are welcome.

Read the Bible: Psalm 84

How lovely is your dwelling place,
LORD of Armies.
2 I long and yearn
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young —
near your altars, LORD of Armies,
my King and my God.
4 How happy are those who reside in your house,
who praise you continually. Selah

5 Happy are the people whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a source of spring water;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

8 LORD God of Armies, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob. Selah
9 Consider our shield, God;
look on the face of your anointed one.

10 Better a day in your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than live in the tents of wicked people.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield.
The LORD grants favor and honor;
he does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
12 Happy is the person who trusts in you,
LORD of Armies!

Psalms 84:1-12 (CSB)

Read the Bible: Psalm 83

God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.
2 See how your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have acted arrogantly.
3 They devise clever schemes against your people;
they conspire against your treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

…

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.
18 May they know that you alone —
whose name is the LORD —
are the Most High over the whole earth.

Psalms 83:1-4, 13-18 (CSB)

Read the Bible: Psalm 82

God stands in the divine assembly;
he pronounces judgment among the gods:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
4 Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”

5 They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.
7 However, you will die like humans
and fall like any other ruler.”

8 Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to you.

Psalms 82:1-8 (CSB)