Psalms 91 and 93: God Is Protector and King
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Lord is near to His people as their refuge and dwelling place. Today, W. Robert Godfrey visits two psalms of comfort that teach us where to turn in times of crisis.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. He is the featured teacher for many Ligonier teaching series, including the six-part series A Survey of Church History. He is author of many books, including God’s Pattern for Creation, Reformation Sketches, and An Unexpected Journey.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | The real point being made here is, as the psalms slows down, however churning the sea may be, |
| 0:06.8 | that king we talked about who reigns on high, he's mightier. He's the mighty one on high. |
| 0:12.1 | The sea can't undermine his throne, cannot topple him, and therefore we can trust his decrees |
| 0:19.6 | and enter into the holiness of his house. |
| 0:28.6 | Depending on what season of life you're in, life can feel chaotic at times, whether it's the |
| 0:34.7 | pressures of your job, preparing to go to college and trying to plan your new schedule, |
| 0:40.0 | simply a full summer with vacations and lots of people you'd like to see, or household jobs |
| 0:45.5 | you'd like to catch up on, or sickness, juggling appointments and recovery. In those moments, |
| 0:52.1 | when it feels like the floods have lifted up to quote Psalm 93, |
| 0:56.3 | where do you turn? What promises do you cling to? |
| 1:00.4 | Welcome to the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 1:06.8 | W. Robert Godfrey has been with us this week looking at the Book of Revelation. |
| 1:11.5 | Well, today and tomorrow, he'll be considering several Psalms from his edifying series, |
| 1:16.8 | Learning to Love the Psalms. |
| 1:19.0 | Before we get to today's study, until tomorrow you can own Dr. Godfrey's 12-part series on the Psalms |
| 1:25.0 | when you give a donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. |
| 1:30.2 | Here's Dr. Godfrey to remind us where to turn when the floods lift up their roaring. |
| 1:38.1 | Book 4 is a relatively brief book, 17 Psalms, Psalm 90 through Psalm 106. And it is a book that begins to help the people |
| 1:49.8 | of God find relief from the crisis, find faith out of the day of trouble. And so I've labeled |
| 1:58.0 | book four, the king's comfort in God's faithfulness. The king's comfort in God's faithfulness. |
| 2:02.3 | The king's comfort in God's faithfulness. |
| 2:04.8 | And what tends to characterize book four is that the Psalms are looking back to God, the Creator, |
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