Peter Barnes | Psalm 131
SERMON NOTES
Calming our Souls
Psalm 131; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Spurgeon: ‘one of the shortest psalms to read but one of the longest to learn’.
1. Think with humility.
– v.1; Ps.92:5-6
(a) when we are tempted to claim to know what God has not …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 128
SERMON NOTES
Blessings in Everyday Life
Psalm 128; Matthew 19:1-15
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents (see Ex.23:17).
1. The blessings of reverence and obedience.
– v.1; fear (as in Ex.19:16-25) and walking in His ways.
2. Blessings at work.
– v.2; 2 Thess.3:10; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 122
SERMON NOTES
Meeting with God’s People
Psalm 122; Heb.:10:1-25; 12:18-24
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents (see Ex.23:17). Count von Zinzendorf: ‘no Christianity without fellowship’.
1. The joy of God’s people.
– vv.1-2; Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘I have been to church today and am …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 121
SERMON NOTES
The Lord Preserves His Own
Psalm 121; 1 Pet. 1:1-12
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents. The word ‘keep’ or ‘watch’ or ‘preserve’ is found six times in Psalm 121. William Romaine is supposed to have read it every day.
1. Our …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 119:9-16
SERMON NOTES
Purity Through God’s Word
Psalm 119:9-16; 2 Tim. 3:10-17
Psalm 119 is an acrostic, with each of the 22 stanzas beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from aleph to taw. This second stanza begins with beth. William Wilberforce, Henry …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 2)
SERMON NOTES
Grace to Fragile People
Psalm 103; Luke 15:11-32
– vv.1-5 are personal and in the singular; vv.6-22 are more general and in the plural.
1. God righteous mercy.
– God is righteous (v.6; note Ps.130:3) but merciful too.
(a) His mercy …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 1)
SERMON NOTES
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Psalm 103; Revelation 4
– Paul Little used to read it when depressed, although note Prov.25:20; Matthew Henry: ‘This Psalm calls more for devotion than exposition.’
1. We need to remind ourselves to praise the …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 88
SERMON NOTES
Down in the Dumps
Psalm 88; Psalms 42-43
– Grimaldi in 1808; Woody Allen: life is divided between the horrible and the miserable.
– Michael Wilcock: Psalm 88 is ‘one long, desperate cry’; Calvin refers to the ‘unadvised words’; note Bunyan’s Slough of …
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Peter Barnes | Psalm 84
SERMON NOTES
Heading for Home
Psalm 84; Hebrews 11:23-40
– Derek Kidner: ‘The Pull of Home’; blessing in verses 4, 5, 12
1. The blessing of pilgrimage to God.
– 84:1-7; contrast to Isa.57:20-21
– Thomas Watson: ‘The world is enough to busy us, but …
