Sunday, May 14, 2017 -The Psalms

In part four of "The Psalms", we can see that a life in pursuit of God will cause relationship changes. As we depend more on Jesus and less on ourselves, many people will leave our lives that do not share the same desire to seek after the things of God. The same unexplainable, incomprehensible Creator of the universe sees and cares deeply for each one of us. He fills in the gaps left by those who abandon us because we are following after Christ. The Psalmist opens his heart in both prayer and praise in the stanzas we look into. He declares that God knows our hearts and His Word is life. In these scriptures, we hear one overarching word. "HOPE."  Psalm 119:114 says, "You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope." Take heart in your aim, continue in the path of righteousness and know that God sees and loves you. We have hope because while we were still sinners, He sent Jesus to die for us. That is worth fully entrusting our hope in.    Psalm 119:57-120 Pastor Kenny Nix