August 31st, 2025

Summer Psalms Series

“The Realized Reality of Sin” - Psalm 38

Tyler Daniels, Pastor and Lead Elder


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Welcome Song: It Is Well (Instrumental)


Everlasting God

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord

Our God, You reign forever

Our hope, our Strong Deliverer

You are the everlasting God, the everlasting God

You do not faint, You won't grow weary

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord

Our God, You reign forever

Our hope, our Strong Deliverer

You are the everlasting God, the everlasting God

You do not faint, You won't grow weary

You're the defender of the weak

You comfort those in need

You lift us up on wings

Like eagles


Living Hope

How great the chasm that lay between us,

How high the mountain I could not climb

In desperation I turned to heaven,

and spoke your Name into the night

Then through the darkness Your lovingkindness,

Tore through the shadows of my soul

The work is finished, the end is written,

Jesus Christ my Living Hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy,

What heart could fathom such boundless grace

The God of ages stepped down from glory,

To wear my sin and bear my shame

The cross has spoken I am forgiven,

The King of Kings calls me His own

Beautiful Savior I'm Yours forever, Jesus Christ my Living Hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free,

Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me

You have broken every chain, T

here's salvation in Your Name

Jesus Christ my Living Hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise,

Your buried body began to breathe

Out of the silence, the roaring lion,

Declared the grave has no claim on me (2x)

Jesus Yours is the victory!


The Lord Is My Salvation

The grace of God has reached for me

And pulled me from a raging sea

And I am safe on this solid ground

The Lord is my salvation

I will not fear when darkness falls

His strength will help me scale these walls

I'll see the dawn of the rising sun, The Lord is my salvation

Who is like the Lord, our God?

Strong to save, faithful in love

My debt is paid and the victory won

The Lord is my salvation

My hope is hidden in the Lord

He flowers each promise of His Word

When winter fades, I know spring will come

The Lord is my salvation

In times of waiting, times of need

When I know loss, when I am weak

I know His grace will renew these days, The Lord is my salvation

And when I reach my final day

He will not leave me in the grave

But I will rise, He will call me home

The Lord is my salvation

Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son

Glory be to God the Spirit, The Lord is our salvation (x2)

The Lord is our salvation

The Lord is our salvation


Scripture reading

A psalm of David to bring remembrance.

1 LORD, do not punish me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has pressed down on me.

3 There is no soundness in my body
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
5 My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent over and brought very low;
all day long I go around in mourning.
7 For my insides are full of burning pain,
and there is no soundness in my body.
8 I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

9 Lord, my every desire is in front of you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
12 Those who intend to kill me set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

13 I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
14 I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.
15 For I put my hope in you, LORD;
you will answer me, my Lord, my God.
16 For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me —
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”
17 For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.
18 So I confess my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.
20 Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.

21 LORD, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.
22 Hurry to help me,
my Lord, my salvation.
— Psalm 38

Discussion Questions:

  1. What is the purpose of a psalm “of remembrance”? What is Psalm 38 meant to help us remember? When are we likely to forget it? How does that become a cry for mercy? (See vv. 1-2.)

  2. Consider the reality of God knowing your “every desire”: How is that troubling? How is that encouraging? How should we respond to this? (See vv. 9 ff.)

  3. Why is being “anxious because of [your] sin” a litmus test for faith? How does that feeling move us toward the Gospel? What does it mean if someone doesn’t feel anxious because of sin? How should we pray for them, and how should we engage them? (See v. 18.)


Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Amen.


Jesus Paid It All (O Praise the One)

I hear the Savior say

Thy strength indeed is small

Child of weakness, watch and pray

Find in Me thine all in all

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Lord, now indeed I find

Thy power and Thine alone

Can change the leper's spots

And melt the heart of stone

And when before the throne

I stand in Him complete

Jesus died my soul to save

My lips shall still repeat

O praise the one who paid my debt

And raised this life up from the dead (Repeat 3x)