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THIS SUNDAY | "My Shepherd" - Psalm 23
This is possibly the most famous passage in the Bible. It has comforted an untold many at funerals, on deathbeds, and in the darkest of nights. Countless have memorized it, and for good reason too, because few passages highlight the loving care of God as well as David’s twenty-third Psalm. And yet, when something is this familiar, we can easily take it for granted. But there is nothing that should be assumed in Psalm 23 because if we let it speak for itself, it presses us with the most important of questions: “Who is my shepherd?”

𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴
𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴

Join us this Sunday! Services begin at 9 and 11 am.

5 WAYS TO ACTUALLY REMEMBER WHAT YOU BELIEVE

Most of us can't recall what we believe the moment we need it. You can't call to mind what you've never taken in. So here are five ways to hold God's Word, from easier to harder. Hear it, read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate on it.

Hearing is the entry point, and it's what you do at church. A sermon, a podcast, His Word being sung. It's passive, but it's real, and it counts.

Next comes reading, the view from 30,000 feet. Got a plan? Start with one book like John, then the whole New Testament. This is the big picture of what God's teaching.

Study takes you deeper. We do it together on Sunday, but can you on your own? Find an accountability group to dig into His Word with. That's how the surface becomes understanding.

Memorizing His Word makes it a defense you carry everywhere. David knew it in Psalm 119:11: "I have hidden Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You." What a combative way to keep from sin.

Meditation is the thumb that touches the other four. Chew on God's Word like a cow chewing the cud, drawing out every last bit. You meditate on what you hear, read, study, and memorize.

Do all five and you've got a firm grip on God's Word. Lean on one and you're only balancing it. Hold all five, and when you need what the prophets and Jesus taught, it's there.

These five are simple, as close as the fingers in your hand. Pick one today, then add another. When the moment comes and you need to remember what you believe, will it be there?

"I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD!'" - Psalm 122:1

NEW SERIES THIS SUNDAY
A Study in Psalms: Encountering God in Every Season

The Morning Hymn - Psalm 63
This week we’re kicking off a new five-week summer series on the Psalms. We start with Psalm 63, David’s journal entry from the wilderness, written while he was hunted, exhausted, and far from safe. Yet he never asks God directly for rescue. Instead, he shows us what it looks like from the inside to seek God, and what happens to a soul that does.

🎵 SET LIST
𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭
𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥
𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘈𝘮

Join us this Sunday! Services begin at 9 and 11 am.