The Bible uses strong words to describe God's attitude toward evil – The Lord hates, the Lord abhors, the Lord detests, the Lord destroys. They are not words we are accustomed to hearing today, but some people give themselves over so fully to evil that they become the objects of God's wrath. Let's learn more about this today as we explore Psalm 5.

The Book of Psalms covers every range of emotion - from grief to joy, from sorrow to praise. In this introductory message, learn about this book that is among the favorites for all God's people.

Today we find ourselves in Psalm 4, another psalm of David and another psalm where he experienced difficulties because of his enemies. If you remember, in our previous messages, we talked about Psalm 3 and the foes David faced and the lies they were telling to David or about David. In Psalm 4 we are going to find something similar but we will see new responses that David has toward his enemies and new truths about God. These are truths all of us must know and can apply.

We are studying Psalm 3, a psalm written by David when the nation erupted into civil war because of the rebellion of his son Absalom. We learned that David's enemies were many, they organized and they came against him with a pack of lies. What were these lies? They were ones we face today!

The year was about 1000 BC. King David was in firm control of the Jewish nation. He was making all the right decisions, he was blessed by God, the promise of the kingdom was given to him and to his descendants forever, a temple would be built by one of his sons for the glory and praise of God, and then it happened. At the height of his success David fell into sin with Bathsheba. They committed adultery which led to an unsuccessful cover-up which led to a murder which led to another cover-up which was then exposed. It was a sad day for David and for the kingdom and for the Lord. Psalm 3 is about God's discipline.

Jesus has come to claim the nations for God. Jesus has come to quiet the rebellion of the earth, to subdue the nations of the world, and to reinstate the reign of God. Today we are going to discover how he does this and how you and I get to be part of it.

What makes God laugh? Did you know that God laughs? Three times in Psalms it says this. Today, we are going to learn one surprising reason why he laughs and how this can bring great comfort to our souls.

You would not heed the counsel of a wicked person, would you? Of course not, but wait until you hear the story of what happened in a Christian school in our country!