Talks to help pastors
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What has God ever done for me?
Psalm 103 is an extraordinary poem. “Praise the Lord O my soul…” Most commentators detect a certain hesitancy in that opening line. This is a leap of imagination but then this is a poem, and that is how you interpret poetry. But it is a poem saturated with the truth about God. Almost as though David is answering the question, why should I praise God, what has God ever done for me?
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Exodus - movement of the people
Whatever the exodus meant in spiritual terms it was nevertheless the actual liberation of actual slaves from an actual villain of the greatest magnitude. Christians should have an active interest in spiritual salvation and social justice.
This should apply to pastors, too. You should be able to expect righteousness in the church and its employment practices – a right functioning and just ordering of the church community. -
Well our feeble frame he knows
Praise is therapeutic, however deep the well may be the truth gives us the fuel to worship our Creator. When we praise God something happens, however gradual, in our souls. Rung-by-rung we climb out of the pit.