Psalm 9

This Sunday, September 1st, I have the privilege and responsibility of preaching God's Word at Montrose Baptist Church.  I am preaching on Psalm 9.  The title of the sermon is "Life is Hard AND God is Good!"   Originally, I thought about preaching only Psalm 9:9 - 10.  These were the Fighter Verses for the week in which Shane asked me to preach.  In preparing, I realized it was essential to put these great truths in the context of the whole Psalm.  

It is my prayer that God would use this sermon to share about the hope we can know no matter what our circumstances are. 

I will be posting more from Psalm 9 this week.

Here are some devotionals/readings related to the sermon and Psalm 9.

1. The Gospel Coalition (TGC) post "Life is Hard.  Jesus doesn't make it easier" by Collin Hansen on June 10, 2019
2. "Unfair!" Fighter Verse devotional for the week of August 3, 2019
3. "Run into the Stronghold" Fighter Verse devotional for the week of July 27, 2014
4. My blog post "My Favorite Gospel Primer Entry" from May 18, 2017
5. TGC post "Give Thanks... Always?" by Trevin Wax on November 24, 2010.  The Chinese Folk story I used in my sermon is here
6. Pray the Word by David Platt on on August 11, 2017

Crossway's post about Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop -
https://www.crossway.org/books/dark-clouds-deep-mercy-tpb/

My review of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy -
https://drodgersjr.blogspot.com/2019/06/dark-clouds-deep-mercy.html

A personal post about my learning how to lament in the midst of difficulties -
https://drodgersjr.blogspot.com/2019/08/learning-to-lament.html