Psalm 121

Points of Interest
Psalm 121
I. Call to Worship:  Psalm 95:1-3
II. Offering passage:  2 Cor. 8:1-9
III. Scripture references:

• Ps. 20:7 says, ‘Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.’
  
• John 16:33 - ‘in this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world’
  

IV. Cross-references:

• Romans 8:31-39 (pg. 124)
  
• Jude 24,25 (pg. 189)
  

V. Quotes:

• Derek Kidner writes – ‘the thought of this verse leaps beyond the hills to the universe; beyond the universe to its Maker. Here is living help: primary, personal, wise, immeasurable’
  
• John Calvin once said, ‘… until this doctrine – “that God always keeps watch for us” – is deeply     rooted in our hearts; so that, depending upon His guardianship alone, we may bid adieu to all the vain confidences of the world’