Praying to OUR God in Our Troubles [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 140]

How should we pray when we are in trouble from others? Psalm 140 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should pray as those who belong to God, and who desire that He would display His character in His responses to others and to us. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Loving Our Enemies Like Our Heavenly Father Does [2024.02.18 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:43–48]

Christians ought to love their enemies and do good to them, trusting that many to whom they do good will end up brothers.

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Strong Arguments for Weak Saints in Urgent Prayer [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 109:22–31]

What strong arguments can a believer plead when he feels like his enemies and circumstances are killing him? Psalm 109:22–31 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that a believer has strong arguments before God in his own poverty and in God’s praise, even as he gives himself to God’s praise. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Praying for Justice As Objects of Mercy [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 109:16–21]

What do we learn, as the Psalm turns from how the wicked have treated God’s Messiah to how they have treated the needy and lowly? Psalm 109:16–21 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God vindicates His own Name in both the justness of His wrath and the freedom of His mercy. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Holy Praying and Singing of Curses [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 109:1–15]

What can believers pray and sing, when they are taking the brunt of the world’s opposition to Christ? Psalm 109:1–15 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these fifteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when believers are taking the brunt of the world’s opposition to Christ, they may pray against the haters of Christ the very opposite of the blessing that comes to those who trust in Him. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Spirit-Taught Pleading for When the Church Is Brought Very Low [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 74]

What can believers pray when their enemies are given such success that it appears that God is against them? Psalm 74 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when the church’s enemies are permitted to afflict the church, so that the chastening hand of God appears to be against her, the church can still plead the glory and character of God, and her own pitiable estate and relationship to Him. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Praising Our Strength and Help from the Womb through Eternity [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 71:1–13]

How do older believers pray when under serious threat and attack? Psalm 71:1–13 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that those who have learned, by both doctrine and experience, that the Lord is their strong refuge resort to Him all the more in old age.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God Makes Us to Remember Him by Teaching Us to Ask Him to Remember Us [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 70]

What can ‘helpless’ believers under attack pray? Psalm 70 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that for believers, who know Who God is and what He will do for them, the right way to pray is often “make haste!” (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What to Ask God for When Persecuted [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 69:19–36]

How does David’s affliction end in worldwide praise? Psalm 69:19–36 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eighteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God demonstrates that He hears the poor by delivering David and other believers, but especially by the resurrection of Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)