Psalms: Our Life of Prayer February 5, 2012     .     10:45 am - 12:00 pm

It seems easy to praise God when things are going well--when there’s money in the bank, or when our children are not sick. But how do we relate to the God of the universe when things are bad? When we’re surrounded, it seems, by enemies all around us? When our neighbors never seem to taste the waters of pain, and that’s the only cup we’ve known? 

Enter the book of Psalms. 

With some of the most brutally honest language between man and God (often from the vantage point of King David), we learn that God is bigger than our circumstances, and He’s not offended by our screams or cries for help.

In fact, the Psalms of the Old Testament play multiple roles in the life of the Church.  They anticipate the coming Messiah and the Kingdom of God.  They instruct us on wise living.  They testify to God as Creator of the universe and Savior of God’s people.  But above all else, psalms are prayers that have been prayed by believers from the time they were composed to the present day.  This class will look at the nature and practice of prayer in the book of Psalms and how they might inform and enrich our own prayer life.

February 5 -- Psalms 101: A Road to Understanding

February 12 -- Praise: Prayers of Orientation

February 19 -- Petitions: Prayers of Disorientation

February 26 -- Thanksgiving: Prayers of New Orientation

"Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…” 

Ephesians 5:18