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The Greatest Story: How to Understand The Psalms | Weekly Performers & Spiritual Insights

Join us for a deep dive into understanding the Psalms, featuring weekly performers and spiritual insights. Learn about the different types of Psalms, tips for interpretation, and spiritual symptoms. Discover the benefits of the Psalms and how they can guide your worship and meditation practices. Don't miss out on this enriching experience!

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The Greatest Story: How to Understand The Psalms | Weekly Performers & Spiritual Insights

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  1. Welcome to 12:13! Need to talk with your friend? Before or after class is OK, but not during. Need handouts from a previous week? Ask one of the parent volunteers. Need to use the bathroom? Ask one of the parent volunteers. Need to borrow a pen? Loan the parent volunteers a shoe and they will loan you a pen!

  2. The Greatest Story Ever Told How To Read And UnderstandTHE PSALMS (Part 2)

  3. Next Week’s Performers! Chris Aboagye/Stephen Aboagye/Jonathan Linn/Ben Somerville Christina Benjamin/Juliana Benson/Sarah Berry/Madeleine Yi Sierra Hill/Ali Kraatz Merlin Shorb Josh Clark

  4. Today’s Performers! Tori Chow -- Piano“Tori’s Jazz Song” (Tori Chow) Hannah and Sarah Flowers -- Voice“Honest Questions” (Daniel Beddingfield) Emily Donovan -- Violin“Saint Kilda’s Wedding Song” Forrester Lee (Drums), Josiah Segui (Guitar/Vocals)“As Long As I Have Breath” (Mark Altrogge)

  5. Seven Types of Psalms • Laments (Ps. 3) • Thanksgiving Psalms (Ps. 75) • Hymns of Praise (Ps. 8) • Salvation History Psalms (Ps. 78) • Psalms of Celebration & Affirmation (Ps. 2) • Wisdom Psalms (Ps. 37) • Songs of Trust (Ps. 125)

  6. Tips for InterpretingPsalms • Musical poetry • Don’t mistake the metaphors (Ps. 98:8) • Literary units • Read each psalm as a whole • Words to God instead of words from God • Three ways we benefit from the Psalms • Guides to worship • Examples of relating honestly to God • Models of meditation on God and his works

  7. Mad Gab Mania! • Sample: Ape Peep Pulp Her Sun • Eight Hey Blanch Hair • Ache Oink Election • For Teed Asian Fourteen Heights

  8. Spiritual Symptom #3:Remembering • Psalm 136 • “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever…to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever…” (vs. 1,10) • Remembering God’s deeds of deliverance • Modern Americans: Battle at Fort McHenry • Ancient Israelites: Exodus from Egypt • A spiritually healthy person will grow in faith and gratitude by remembering God’s mighty deeds

  9. Spiritual Symptom #4:Morality • Psalm 1 • “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers…” (v. 1) • Morality: Choices between right and wrong • Right belief leads to right behavior • Good fruit comes from a good root • A spiritually healthy person will obey God’s commands by God’s power for God’s glory

  10. Spiritual Symptom #5:Repenting • Psalm 32 • “I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.” (v. 5) • We sin against God and others daily through… • Sins of commission • Sins of omission • A spiritually healthy person will do more than feel sorry for sin -- he will repent and turn away from it

  11. Jesus -- Our Model of Spiritual Health • Remembering • A greater Deliverer than Moses! • Morality • By his perfect life he earned for us what we could never earn • Repenting • “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” • Turn to Jesus and turn away from your sin!

  12. podium table 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs 14 chairs Table for water/OJ Table for coffee Starting Point Class Set-Up -- Revised 10/2/09

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