”Learning the Discipline of Delighting in the Lord ” by Pastor Kevin Dibbley - Praying in the Psalms (part 4)

In the old James Bond movies, the famous fictional British Secret Service agent, 007, always ordered his martinis “shaken, and not stirred.” That would be an apt description for many of us as Christians at difficult moments in our lives.

We are shaken with fear and anxiety. We aren’t stirred by the Spirit of God’s promptings towards seizing these moments as opportunities to grow in our love for God and to be moved to serve others with unshakeable hope and confidence.

Well, this Sunday, we are going to study Psalm 16 in which David declares “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

There is a need for all of us to develop the discipline of keeping God always before us. If we did, we would be stirred and not shaken. We would say with the psalmist, “Therefore, my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices.”

Come this Sunday as we encourage one another in church family worship and as we study together the vital subject of Prayer: the Discipline of Delighting in God.