How do we cope when we’re going through hard times? This Psalm helps us know how to relate to God at these times.
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When you’re walking through the valley – Psalm 23 Sermon
How do we cope with the valleys in life as Christians? In this sermon we take a deeper look at the familiar words of Psalm 23.
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Mental Health Support – Psalm 91 – God our fortress
Psalm 91 helps us to understand that God is our fortress – he can protect us from anything that might happen.
Please note – This is the final mental health livestream before Easter.
Last week’s session was on Psalm 84 – “Cast your anxiety on him”. All previous sessions are available on this playlist.
Mental Health Support: When we’re going through the valley
Psalm 84 was written to encourage us when we’re going through a difficult time – a valley. In these sessions we spend a few minutes reading the Bible, thinking about what it means for us and the current situation, and then praying.
Last week’s session was on 1 Peter 5 – “Cast your anxiety on him”. All previous sessions are available on this playlist.
There will be one more session next week before a two-week break over Easter!
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 63
It feels at the moment like we’re in something of a desert: away from family and friends and many of the things that we love. How do we pray in these times?
Update: my plan is to do a lockdown livestream up until Easter, and then to continue a regular Friday night mental health livestream in a similar vein after Easter.
Last week’s one was on Psalm 121 – “Where our help comes from”. All previous sessions are available on this playlist.
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 112
Last night’s mental health livestream was on Psalm 112: “Do not fear bad news”. I don’t like watching the news at the moment because it’s often bad! A lot of people have said to me how they don’t like watching the news either – some people have said they just turn it off! But this Psalm tells us of how we don’t need to fear bad news.
I am aiming to do a session each Friday night during lockdown. I find that it’s helpful for my own mental health, let alone anyone else’s!
Last week’s one was on Psalm 118 – “Will it be OK in the end?”. They will all be available on the playlist.
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 118
Last night’s mental health livestream was on Psalm 118: “Will it be OK in the end?” It’s so easy at the moment to be full of worries about how it’s all going to turn out. Maybe we think of what’s happening to our children, or to our jobs, or families, and the like. We just don’t know what’s going to happen. Psalm 118 helps us to be confident that things will work out in the end.
These verses really struck me this time round:
8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
I am aiming to do a session each Friday night during lockdown. I find that it’s helpful for my own mental health, let alone anyone else’s!
Last week’s one was on Psalm 27 – “Don’t give up hope”. They will all be available on the playlist.
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 27
Last night’s lockdown mental health livestream was on Psalm 27: “Don’t give up hope!” Hope is a hugely powerful thing when it comes to resilience. If we think that things will never change and we’re stuck with awful circumstances forever, we might give up hope. On the other hand, if we trust that things will get better, we will have hope. Psalm 27 is full of hope, even in the midst of difficult times.
I was really struck by the final two verses:
13 I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
I am aiming to do a session each Friday night during lockdown. I find that it’s helpful for my own mental health, let alone anyone else’s!
Last week’s one was on Psalm 37. They will all be available on the playlist.
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 37
Last night, I did another Lockdown Mental Health Support livestream. This time the Bible passage was Psalm 37. I chose this Psalm because it speaks into feeling powerless and at the mercy of forces beyond our control. Some people get fearful, or some people get angry – I can sympathise with both of those responses. But the best thing to do is trust God and accept that he is in control of things we can’t control.
I found these verses particularly helpful:
Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land. (vv8-9)
I am aiming to do a session each Friday night during lockdown. I find that it’s helpful for my own mental health, let alone anyone else’s!
Last week’s one was on Psalm 29. They will all be available on the playlist.
Lockdown Mental Health Support – Psalm 29
I have just done another YouTube livestream on lockdown mental health. I’ve been a bit up and down this week to be honest, and my family have too. Many people I’ve spoken to have said they’re really struggling at the moment. It’s funny looking back at the videos I did at the start of the first lockdown – I don’t think I really knew what struggling was at that point!
Anyway, I’m planning to do a session each Friday evening during the lockdown. We’ll spend a few minutes reading the Bible and then pray. I find it hugely helpful to do this and I hope you do too.
Last week’s one on Psalm 23 is still available to catch up with.