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Psalm 100 Romans 14:5-9 There are many wonderful truths found in Psalm 100--it's an amazing passage of Scripture! This Psalm speaks about worship, being thankful and the goodness of God. All of which are wonderful topics. But today we'll remember something that brings us into worship, causes us to be thankful and reminds us of the goodness of God...namely , that "It is he who made us, and we are h...

Psalm 96:1-6 2 Corinthians:14-17 One of the blessings in our culture is that we are inundated with the gift of music--it is everywhere and all the time. It is in the house, in the car, in the work-place, in the hallways, and on our phones. Music is not just part of our culture, it is at the core of our culture. In today's Psalm, we are reminded that in Christ we have a new song. God has made us Hi...

Psalm 97:1-7a 1 Peter 2:1-10 We call ourselves a lot of different things—Christians, Believers, Christ-followers, Disciples of Jesus, and the Church. All of those names are actually true and biblical, but there is one name that we don’t often use—God’s People. It’s repeated in Psalm 95 and elsewhere. It reminds us of an amazing truth—we belong to God! We are His. We are His own beloved possession....

Psalm 34:1-8 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 When we think of worshiping our Lord and Savior, we think of coming to Gloria Dei to sing His praise, hear His Word and receive His Sacraments...and all of that is “worship” or “praise” to be sure. But today, we remember through the words of Psalm 34, that “praise” isn’t an event in our week...“praise” is our week...“praise” is in fact, our life! Paul reminds t...

Psalm 34:1-8 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 When we think of worshiping our Lord and Savior, we think of coming to Gloria Dei to sing His praise, hear His Word and receive His Sacraments...and all of that is “worship” or “praise” to be sure. But today, we remember through the words of Psalm 34, that “praise” isn’t an event in our week...“praise” is our week...“praise” is in fact, our life! Paul reminds t...

Psalm 32:1-7 Colossians 1:9-14 When we think about our blessings, typically we go to things like family, house, career and other tangible, physical, earthly blessings. And to be sure, those are blessings from the hand of God. And yet, the greatest blessing we have is the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. We know that’s true and yet, as we count our blessings every day, we sometimes forget...

Psalm 32:1-7 Colossians 1:9-14 When we think about our blessings, typically we go to things like family, house, career and other tangible, physical, earthly blessings. And to be sure, those are blessings from the hand of God. And yet, the greatest blessing we have is the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. We know that’s true and yet, as we count our blessings every day, we sometimes forget...

Day after day we walk in a world that taxes, stresses, and generally drags us down. How wonderful then to have the truths from Psalm 23 in our lives. It’s poetic. It’s beautiful. It’s much loved...but it is also true. Christians walk with God day after day, embracing the deep and enduring love-relationship with their God, Creator and Heavenly Father. And that relationship brings us the peace we ne...

This five-part online study “Sitting with the Psalms” will look at Psalm 4, Psalm 16, Psalm 25, Psalm 46 and Psalm 63 during this online study.

We are diving into five additional Psalms during this online Bible Study.

We are diving into five additional Psalms during this online Bible Study.

Can Anyone Be Saved? When you read Psalm 15, you begin to wonder “If this is God’s expectation, will anyone be saved?” The Psalmist tells us that the person who will dwell on God’s holy hill must be blameless. To which we say “no one can meet those qualifications.” Can anyone be saved? This week’s Psalm reminds us that Scripture must interpret Scripture. Therefore our passage from Jude reminds us...

Can Anyone Be Saved? When you read Psalm 15, you begin to wonder “If this is God’s expectation, will anyone be saved?” The Psalmist tells us that the person who will dwell on God’s holy hill must be blameless. To which we say “no one can meet those qualifications.” Can anyone be saved? This week’s Psalm reminds us that Scripture must interpret Scripture. Therefore our passage from Jude reminds us...

We are diving into five additional Psalms during this online Bible Study.

We are diving into five additional Psalms during this online Bible Study.

Psalm 14 Matthew 28:18-20 Not dissimilar to last week’s message, we should be overwhelmed by the truth presented in Psalm 14. God is with us! Don’t take that for granted Christian...God is with us! And Psalm 14 is especially important in that regard because the Psalmist reminds us that we are surrounded by people, day after day, who do not believe in God as we do. In truth, we are surrounded by pe...

Psalm 14 Matthew 28:18-20 Not dissimilar to last week’s message, we should be overwhelmed by the truth presented in Psalm 14. God is with us! Don’t take that for granted Christian...God is with us! And Psalm 14 is especially important in that regard because the Psalmist reminds us that we are surrounded by people, day after day, who do not believe in God as we do. In truth, we are surrounded by pe...

One of the more amazing truths about our God is that He actually cares about us when we are simple, minute creations of His Almighty hand! Now, when I say that you, as a person who is a believer, you might be saying “ Yeah..so? ” You see, for those of us that are long time Christians, we kind of take this truth for granted. “Of course God loves me...God wants a daily relationship with me...in othe...

One of the more amazing truths about our God is that He actually cares about us when we are simple, minute creations of His Almighty hand! Now, when I say that you, as a person who is a believer, you might be saying “ Yeah..so? ” You see, for those of us that are long time Christians, we kind of take this truth for granted. “Of course God loves me...God wants a daily relationship with me...in othe...

The Bible was written at a time when an agrarian culture was dominant and so it makes perfect sense that the Lord often used “growing plant” imagery to describe our faith and life in Him. Though we are much less agrarian today, even in the great State of Iowa, we nonetheless connect well when the Lord uses these kind of images. We understand well what this Psalm is speaking about, don’t we? On a b...