We are excited to continue our Trail Life troop for boys at Parish. Trail Life USA is a Christ-centered outdoor adventure and leadership development ministry for boys (grades K-12). Trail Life meets at Parish on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM. Contact Joel Meerdink for more details or visit the Trail Life website.
Psalm 18:1-29
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2…
Psalm 17:1-15
Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! 2 From Your presence let my vindication come! Let Your eyes behold the right! 3 You have tried my heart, You have visited me by night, You have tested me, and You will…
Psalm 16:1-11
Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord , “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my…
The Hebrew word for fast used throughout the Old Testament is tsome. The Greek word used throughout the New Testament is nacetis. Both literally mean “to cover over” or “to affix.” The idea is not simply to cover over the mouth--and thus to refrain from eating--but to affix the attentions to other matters altogether. …
Psalm 15:1-5
O Lord, who shall sojourn in Your tent?
Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
and speaks truth in his heart;
3 who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach…
Psalm 14:1-7
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek…
Psalm 13:1-6
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and answer me, O Lord…