This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we started a study on Psalm 1 called "Rooted." I love this powerful, pithy psalm. John Calvin, in his commentary on the Psalms, writes this in reflection on Psalm 1: the general character of men's lives is nothing else but a continual departure from the law of God; the …
Roots (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend entitled "Roots" from our "Rooted" series on Psalm 1. Discussion Questions: When was a time that you had to make a life-changing decision about who you are or where you were going? What was it like? What happened? This week, we begin a …
Roots
I launched us into a new series, "Rooted," this weekend at Eastbrook Church. The entire series comes from Psalm 1, and my message this morning looked at the first two verses: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of …
Tips and Tools for Memorizing Scripture
As we prepare for our upcoming series, "Rooted," I am encouraging people to try to memorize Psalm 1. In Psalm 1:3, we read these words: ...but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. Why Memorize Scripture We see here both the call to delight in God's instruction and …
Rooted
This weekend, we will begin a three-week series entitled "Rooted" at Eastbrook Church. So many of us long to live full of life. Of course, the question is how we can really live that way. Psalm 1:3 says that those who live with God will be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which …
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