Psalms #8 – Final Thoughts

This is the last post in the Psalms series and we hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as we have enjoyed writing it. The RCG team has really enjoyed researching and studying psalms. We have discovered loads of things we didn’t know about the psalms.

The Psalms were not intended to be read, they were simply the writer’s, who was mostly David, emotions throughout his life. Often when we read them we say he must have been thinking one way or another whilst he wrote a specific psalm. We simply don’t know what he was thinking but that does not mean we cant learn anything from them. In this series we have been looking at possibilities of where and when David wrote a Psalm so we can try to understand some of what he was thinking whilst he wrote the psalms. We’d finally like to say a quick thank you to everyone who has read any of the posts. Please email us any feedback to rcgteam@yahoo.co.uk. Stay tuned for more posts and the next series which is coming soon.

Psalms #3b – Psalm 78 (Bob Hartman)

A few months ago we did a post about change and that was received very well. This post is going to be different as I am going to raise different points and solutions if you worry about or fear change. You can find our other post on change here.

We all go through change, if nothing changed life would be boring and we’d never get anywhere in life. Sometimes we go through huge changes in our lives and sometimes they’re fairly small. Here is the second part of the post. Find the first part here.

Psalms #2 – Psalm 121

This is a relatively well-known Psalm, however if you look deeper, at the specific wording of the Psalm, you can find out a lot about the time in which this was written. I first found out the background behind this Psalm at Spring Harvest at a sermon on “Sinking in the psalms” by Dave Steel.

The first two stanzas says “I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from?  My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” What do you think David is says in this lines at Psalms 121? Read on to find out much more about this Psalm and what it can mean to you and your life.

Gods immense forgiveness

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

As we come up to Easter, with this Sunday being Palm Sunday, you can expect more posts here on RCG than normal. This is not just because Easter is a Christian events and being a Christian blog, we are expected to talk about it, but because we (RCG Team) want you to understand what really happened, the evening that Jesus was crucified and what the resurrection means to people all around the world today and back then.

Now you have that to look forward to, I would like to leave you with a thought for today and tomorrow. The Bible verse at the top of this post is all about forgiveness. I personally; along (probably) with many of you, think that this verse is one of the most helpful in the entire Bible.

The verse states that if we (us humans living on Earth), confess our sins (admit to God through prayer, that we have sinned), he is faithful and just (God will remain loyal and fair), and forgive us of our sins and purify us of all our unrighteousness (dishonour and  sinfulness).

Have a great rest of your week, look forward to the second post all about the truth of crucifixion. Also, don’t forget to like this post below, subscribe to receive more posts via email and follow us on Twitter (@rcghub) to receive news of posts here on RCGhub, before anyone else.