The final five Psalms, Psalm 146 through Psalm 150, all open with the same powerful call.

Praise ye the Lord. As we step into this season of Thanksgiving and praise, Scott invites us to journey through this

magnificent crescendo of worship, a study he's calling the Hallelujah Course. In the rush of everyday life,

it's easy to forget to pause and praise, not just for what God has done, but for who he is.

And when our hearts are filled with praise, our spirits are prepared for

true worship. Be sure to stay tuned to the end of the episode to learn about Scott's study of the

Psalms entitled Roadmap for Life. Let's join Scott now for today's message in the hallelujah course.

Sometimes I hear people talk about having trust issues.

The truth is we all have trust issues.

All of us have been disappointed, disillusioned by circumstances, by people, by ourselves.

And at times, we all have difficulty trusting, believing.

But I want to tell you, there is one person you can always trust. You can trust the Lord.

We return today to Psalm 146 to this first of the hallelujah chorus Psalms. The whole book of

Psalms ends with a crescendo of praise it it climaxes with a great

hallelujah praise ye the lord all of these final psalms beginning and ending with that expression

and so let me read to you again the first five verses of psalm 146 today praise ye the the Lord, oh my soul. May I just pause and point out

to you that the Psalmist is talking to himself. Now, he's going to talk to the Lord in a moment,

and he certainly is speaking to us, but he's talking to himself. Do you ever talk to yourself?

It's all right. If you start answering yourself, that's where you have a problem. But you remember the prodigal spoke to himself. Do you ever talk to yourself? It's all right. If you start answering yourself,

that's where you have a problem. But you remember the prodigal spoke to himself. I will arise and go to my father

and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned. You see, sometimes you have to speak truth to yourself.

And the psalmist in some circumstances talking to himself, and he says, praise the

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