Psalm 67

This week's Prayer Psalm is Psalm 67.

6  - 7 (six - seven) or 67 (sixty seven)

Read through the pop culture reference to get to the BIG Biblical truth.

This year's dictionary.com word of the year is six-seven.

If you are not aware of what six-seven means, here is what dictionary.com says about the meaning.  "Perhaps the most defining feature of 67 is that it's impossible to define.  It's meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical.  In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brain rot.  

And here is video evidence of the 67 of the senselessness, from ESPN  -  https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/46884115

6, 7, in this contemporary slang, is meaningless.

However, Psalm 67, this week's prayer psalm, is filled with God-given purpose, praise, gladness, singing, blessing, and fear of the LORD.

The exact opposite of brain rot.

Psalm 67:1, 2 says

May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations.

The psalmist asks for God's grace for God's people 
so that His way and His saving power may be known among all the nations.

While words such as "people," "nation," "earth," and others like them fill the Psalm, the focus is on God and His glory.  Remember, God bless his people for his glory.

Let us live for God's glory in all we do so that God will be made know in all the earth.

Below are two songs, a Bible study video, and prayer items to help you, your family, and our church reflect on God and His glory as revealed in this psalm.

RESOURCES:

VIDEOS

Psalm 67 song
youtu.be/6QtP48vDl9g

Look at the Book
www.desiringgod.org/labs/god-blesses-you-to-bless-the-world

All creatures of our God and King
youtu.be/yk-185XGjPg

Trinity's Supported Workers page -

 PRAYER ITEMS:

General Prayer ideas from Psalm 67.

• Rejoice in the blessing promised to Abraham.
• Pray for missions.
• Pray for the salvation of the Jewish people through whom this blessing came.

Pray for our supported workers as they share the Gospel around the world - trinitybaptistgr.churchcenter.com/pages/supported-workers

Study the Bible for Growth Week 10

In today's (November 9) class, we wrapped up the book of Jonah by looking at shared truths and applications, then discussed Bible Reading in Community.

Here are some shared truths Ray Lubeck shared in the class notes.

1. God is ultimately in control of all natural and human events.
2. We cannot run away from God.
3. God's nature is gracious and loving.
4. God's people should be gracious and loving.
5. God cares about saving the lost, and so should we.
6. God will not tolerate wickedness forever.
7. God's word is powerful to save.
8. It is possible for people to repent (by God's grace).
9. God's prophetic word is principally designed to change people, not predict the future.

Here are some application points we talked about in class.

Bible Reading in Community

Reading is a must for spiritual growth.  
Reading the Bible is basic and necessary. 
Reading books that help you think biblically is very helpful.
Reading in general expands your world.  

In today's (November 9) class, we discussed how reading in community supports personal and corporate spiritual growth.

"An important fact obscured in English Bible translations is that almost all the second-person pronouns and commands in the epistles are plural.  Paul was writing to you all or y'all, not to you individualistically, which is how we tend to interpret them when we read individually."  Brian J. Wright,  Don't Just Read It Alone

The article Want to Read the Bible Well? Don't Read It Alone has this Thabiti Anyabwile quote: "If you don't need your Bible at church, then the Bible says you don't need that church."

Reading in community happens at Trinity Baptist Church in many different ways.  Some are more familiar than others.  Bible-based sermons are what most people think of when referring to Bible teaching in the church.  Other opportunities to read in community at Trinity are prayer sheets, Adult Christian Education classes, Bible studies, and book readings.  The weekly prayer sheet includes a Bible passage and, often, a related devotional, with an emphasis on praying scripture.  This prayer help can be used in small groups or in conversation with the TBC family.  During the fall, winter, and spring quarters, we offer three or more Adult Christian Education classes.  One is a straightforward Bible study.  The other courses look at a variety of topics and are rooted in the Bible.  For about ACE classes, go to trinitybaptistgr.churchcenter.com/pages/ace.  Bible studies and book-reading groups provide opportunities to meet in smaller groups to discuss scripture or a Bible-based book.

Reading in community happens at your home with family.  Each week, Trinity's children's ministry shares the lessons taught at tbcgrkidz.org.  There are family-focused books to borrow in the check-in area.

Finally, reading in community in so many other places. In One-to-One Bible Reading by David Helm, the following list of people who would benefit from reading through the Bible together is given: non-Christians who need to be saved, new Christians who need to be sanctified, and established Christians who are ready to be trained.