For the rest of the psalm, David preaches to his soul regarding the character and the nature of God. He works righteousness and justice. Just consider what he did for Israel through Moses. A meditation on Psalm 103:6-7.
Wandering Songs #4 - Praying our Tears
Grief and loss surround us on many days. We can easily make a list of the loss that each of us have experienced. We can just as easily make a list of the collective losses. Grief wells up in our hearts. Complaints rise up before the Lord. And God wants to hear it all! He wants to hear our prayers and cries. Even though we faint from our tears, we he is right to be our refuge in the night of our sorrow. A sermon on Psalm 142.
Wandering Songs #3 - Songs for our hearts
David starts with a song of praise and begins to numbers all of the benefits that we have as his children. Don’t miss this, however. This psalm is a sermon to my own heart. It’s so important to preach these sermons to our own hearts! Psalm 103:1-5
Wandering Songs #2 - Praying with Confidence
As we move into the wilderness and cry out to the Lord there, two realities face us. On the one hand, we can be sure that armies will encamp against us and wars will rise against us (v3). Yet, when we put a “my” in middle of our theology, we are confident. On the other hand, the LORD is my light and my salvation. This is the second truth that helps us prevail. We cry out as we wait for the LORD, confident in him. A sermon on Psalm 27.
Wandering Songs #1 - Prayers of Confession
David cries out and cries out for deliverance. But what is that weighs most heavily upon him? It isn’t the trouble that surrounds him. It isn’t the death that stalks him. It is the weight of his own sin and his terror before the Lord’s anger. On Ash Wednesday, we cry out as guilty sinners confident of his mercy and sure that the LORD has heard our prayers. A sermon on Psalm 6.