Nick Buchanan & Laurence Gate - August 31, 2025
Adoration: When I've Got Celebrate
Psalm 65 Why do you go to the Temple? Because that’s where you pray and that’s where you go to sacrifice. So David praises God for what the Temple stands for. In the first part, David pictures all the world coming to know God the way he and his people do. How do we reconcile God’s universal welcome with the language of those he ‘chooses’? If David pictures the nations flooding into the Temple in Jerusalem, what is the New Testament reality that fulfils it? The second part, David celebrates the God who answers prayer. His eyes lift beyond the temple to think about God’s ability to control nature miraculously to save his people but also in every ordinary way that God provides for us. How does God’s work in nature and his provision teach us to keep our eyes open to ways we can praise God in all of life? How does this point us forward to the day when God will renew all the cosmos for our good? For more about Christ Central Church Portsmouth visit: https://christcentral.church Or via socials: www.facebook.com/christcentral.ch www.instagram.com/christcentralchurchportsmouth To connect with us email: hello@christcentral.church or give us your details at https://www.christcentral.church
From Series: "Teach Us To Pray: A Psalm for Every Season"
When we read and pray the Psalms, they don’t just express how we feel, they show us how we’re doing like a mirror shows us things that we can’t see otherwise. Yet the Psalms don’t just express how we feel or show us who we are; they change us. St Ambrose of Milan said: “The delightful book of the Psalms provides a true gymnasium for the soul with exercises to develop every virtue.” The Psalms shouldn’t be an echo chamber of our own prayers, doubts, laments, and praise. They move us further on, towards God in wonder, love and praise.
