Psalm 23 (Metro East)
Psalm 23 shows us that Jesus leads us, protects us, and keeps us.

Psalm 23 shows us that Jesus leads us, protects us, and keeps us.
In Psalm 23, we learn we can find comfort in Jesus our shepherd at all times, when we're safe, afraid, and attacked.
This week of Zion Songs we see we are made to marvel at the majesty of God, which He reveals in our weakness, in our insignificance, and even in our failures.
This week of Zion Songs, we see that, like David, we must remember the working of God's grace in the past as we face hardship in the present.
We kicked off Zion Songs with Psalms 1 & 2, showing us the main themes of the entire book: a declaration of two paths, an invitation to blessing, and the proclamation of Jesus.
We closed our study in Habakkuk this week by studying "The Song of Faithfulness," Habakkuk's prayerful response to God.
This week, hearing God's response to Habakkuk, we learn how to find life in faithfulness.
God has a sovereign plan for both the righteous and unrighteous, and calls the righteous to live by faith and walk in faithfulness.
This week, we learn how to be faithful watchman in a faithless generation.
The dialogue between God and Habakkuk continues as we learn about the faithful God who keeps all His promises.
This week's text shows us that when confronted with misplaced guilt and shame, God alone is our refuge and He alone can give us joy, hope, and freedom.
As we begin our study in the book of Habakkuk, the prophet teaches us how to lament faithfully.
The call to the church at all times is the stand firm in the true grace of God.
Coming to the end of his letter, Peter addresses one of his most repeated themes: suffering. This time, he addresses both the Christians response and God’s response to the suffering brought on by the onslaught of Satan.
This week, we pray to a God who is continually conforming us to the image of His Son, powerfully causing our desire for good and our works of faith to bear fruit. And He does this for His own Glory.
When we're under pressure, what gives us strength to endure? As Christians, we have the sure hope that we are destined for Glory! But, we aren't there yet, and until that day comes, we are desperate for God's Grace.
When we trust God with our lives, we're set free to serve one another and submit to our elders.
This week, we prayed along with Paul for the Word of the Lord to win in the lives of men and women everything, for us to be delivered and guarded from evil, for our lives to be measured by obedience, and for our hearts to be directed to the love of God and steadfast of Christ.
Pastors should shepherd the church because it’s their joy and not their job, because it’s their calling and not their burden, and because the church needs leaders and not lords.
As Christians living in a world that isn't we should not be surprised by trials but we should rejoice and trust in our faithful God.
In this week's text, we learn earnest, consistent prayer for others and their needs will create joy in our hearts because of them and affection in our hearts toward them.
Peter tells us that since the end of all things is at hand, our lives should be lived differently.
Paul gives us four reasons why he could give thanks for the most jacked up church in the Bible, the same four reasons we can prayerfully persevere with one another through sin.
All kinds of differences are pulling us apart, but God wants to push us together.
In this week's text, we see the church's harmony threatened, so we must rely on the endurance and encouragement God provides.
Are you in conflict and don't know what to do next? In this text, Paul prays that we, as God's people, would experience such radical oneness that not only our words, but our whole lives, would tell the truth about God to a watching world.
Even as Christians, we still battle against our sinful flesh. Peter reminds us that on the cross, Jesus won the war for us so we must fight our battles with his weapons.
If we share in Jesus' suffering, we will share in Jesus' victory.
The will of God for every believer is endurance: God-honoring, fruitful, maturing, empowered, steadfast, patient, joyful, thankful, sanctified endurance.
If we share in Jesus' suffering, we will share in Jesus' victory.