We are finishing Psalm 119, and like the psalm itself, we end this series by focusing on praise. We are challenged to promise/commit to praise God and talk about what that praise looks like. Finally, we are reminded that we are able to praise God because He seeks after us.

We can trust and depend on God's Word, because He is righteous and always does what is right.

A sermon from Josh Wines.

Do you love the Bible? That might sound like a strange question, but God calls His people to love His Word. We discover that loving God's Word impacts our thinking, changes how we live, informs what we commit to do, and it transforms our hearts.
In other words, loving God's Word is how we "...love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30).

Pastor Tom shares from Psalm 119:81-96 about persecution and how the Scriptures can help us navigate through perilous times. The Scriptures point us toward the gospel, which gives us the motivation to endure.

How do I try to get through hard times?

When I struggle through challenging situations, what comfort can God’s Word give me?

When God brings challenges into our lives, He is doing it for a good purpose: that we might look more like Him.
What is God's purpose in my struggles?

How is He using them for good?

We look at Psalm 119:49-64 to discover how Scripture is a source of comfort for us when we are suffering or alone. That comfort should lead us to action as we live for our Lord every day. What comfort do I find in God’s Word? How should I respond to the Bible’s words of comfort?

We must depend on the Lord to read the Scriptures.
We must depend on the Scriptures to live for the Lord.

Pastor Tom continues our new series: Summer Reading with the Word: A Study of Psalm 119. We look at Psalm 119:17-32 and learn how the Scriptures are sufficient for everything pertaining to life and godliness. They are sufficient to bring us to worship God and to provide comfort to us in difficult times.
What does it mean that the Bible is sufficient?

Do I view the Bible this way?