Anacostia River Church 9.28.2025 - Sermons on Christian Living - Being Steady in Troublesome Times - Psalm 37
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Oct 8, 2025 Discover how to stay grounded during turbulent times through faith. The pastor discusses the anxiety caused by both global and personal issues and how focusing on the wicked can undermine our spiritual health. Listeners learn to trust, delight, and commit, drawing wisdom from Psalm 37. The importance of a strategic stillness and active waiting on God is emphasized, linking the promises of the Psalm to the hope found in Christ. Finally, the podcast encourages adopting a long-term perspective on life and faith.
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Trouble Works On Two Levels
- Troubling news creates both macro and micro anxieties that feed unbelief and instability.
- Recognizing both levels helps diagnose why we feel unsteady in current times.
Fixating On The Wicked Corrodes Faith
- Psalm 37 centers the problem of fixating on the wicked and their apparent success.
- That fixation can burn down our emotional life and erode faith if it holds primacy.
Fretting Becomes Poisonous Wrath
- The psalmist links fretting with wrath, poison, and spiritual decline.
- Unchecked anger opens doors to sin and hands judgment to God alone.