Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
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… Pick it up. The Lord is my life and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? I feel my help coming. Pick up what God is putting down. Anybody want to pick it up? I'm about to pick it up. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. I'm about to pick it up. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not to your own understanding.
… on this lord don't start feeding me up here like this but the david talked about it when he said the lord is my light and my salvation of whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid when the wicked even my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. I just want to get in that secret place. I want to get in that secret corner. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Hide me! Hide me! Hide me, Jesus! Hide me! Where the eagle can't break in, where the scavengers cannot destroy me, where the enemy cannot pollute me. Hide me! Where the hex won't work, and the spell won't work, and the lies won't work and the enemy won't work. Hide me, Lord. In the secret of your pavilion shall you hide me. You shall set me upon a rock. Now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me. I will sing. Yea, I will sing praises unto my God. Hear, O Lord, when I cry …
… is not identified with any particular time or place, but it has long been appreciated for its devotional richness. For example, the first verse, the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Verse 8, you have said, seek my face. My heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek. Verse 11, teach me your way, O Lord. Lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Verse 13, I believe I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord. And on and on it goes, and one of the characteristics of the psalm is that all of this devotional richness, experiential richness, is written in the context of trouble. So verse 2, he mentions evildoers, adversaries, and foes. Verse 3, there's an army that's encamped against him, a war that is rising up against him. Verse 5, he refers to the day of trouble. Verse 6, the enemies again, he mentions once more. Verse 11, the enemies. Verse 12, the adversaries. Verse 12 again, false witnesses. …
… He says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Psalm 27 and one, the Lord is my light and my salvation. Who shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? John chapter 16 verse 33 he then gives us this text he says I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace peace not chaos but peace in this world you will have trouble but take heart I have come so that you might overcome the world why because we got it like that. He gives us Romans eight chapter 30, uh, chapter, uh, chapter eight, verse 31. He says, what then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who, who can be against us? And then another passage or text that pastor gives us, um, is Romans chapter eight, verse 37. Um, in all of these things, we are more than conquerors through him who has loved us through Christ Jesus. …
… because I got it like that. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. You got it like that. I think it's David who testifies the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? I got it like that. Jesus, heaven's hero and earth's emancipator as he's getting ready to make his exit from earth to eternity. Jesus says in that upper room on Monday, Thursday, he tells his disciples, watch this, In this world, y'all gonna have some trouble, but be of good cheer. I've overcome the world. You got it like that. Jesus had already told them that the works I've done, you're going to do. And greater works than these are you going to do. You got it like that. I think Paul puts it this way. If God before us, who can be against us? I think Paul put it this way, that we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. …
… I said what I said. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? I said what I said. He prepares a table before me in the presence of Donald Trump. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I said what I said. You the first day. I've got loyalty. I've got royalty in my DNA. Hey, hey, and I'm so glad Jesus lifted me singing glory. Hallelujah. Jesus lifted me. Satan had me down, but Jesus. lifted me singing glorious All glory. Hallelujah. Jesus. Y'all know I don't normally do this, but look at your neighbor right quick. Give him a high five and say, you're the birthday. Hallelujah.
… if you know you know the Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the
… that are filled with his spirit. So the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Who shall be right? when the wicked even my enemies and my foes come upon me to eat up my flesh they stumble and throw a host encamps against me in this will i be confident for one thing have i desired the lord that will i seek after that i may behold the beautiful and of lord and inquiring still for in the time of trouble come on he shall hide me and there is no weapon I said there is no weapon, I'mma try one more time, there is no weapon that is formed against me that's going to prosper for the weapons of our warfare are not caught but mighty through God to the pulling down a stronghold. Listen, it's always, it's always, it's always with tremendous deference and respect that we celebrate and we pay homage to one of God's choices servants. …
… to really get your shout because David's been trying to tell us since the psalm open in psalm 27 he said the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear how you know that unless you've been in the dark the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid how you know he'll be your strength unless you've been weak when the enemies come upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell though a host I'm talking about a big number of people cause you do know some people that don't like you gotta go find other folk that don't like you cause they too cowardly to not like you and confront you by themselves so they gotta go get a group of other folk who don't like you when a host comes upon you to eat up your flesh even in this will I be confident can you high five somebody and tell them I ain't scared of none of y'all. I will stand ten toes down knowing that God's hand is active in my trouble. He covers me and he calms me. He calms me and he covers me. He covers me and he calms me. He calms me and he covers me. …
… prosper. And every tongue that rises against me in judgment, God's going to condemn it. And I'm walking in confidence today. God is for me. God is with me. Come on, clap today. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength and the stronghold of my life. I know who my God is, and I've been walking with God. I've been obeying God. I've been seeking God. I've been loving God. You got to get it in your life. Who stole your confidence? Who stole it? It was compromise, wasn't it? Compromise was in that erosion and that resentment and in that identity and in that disconnect and you and in that anxiety and you thought it was going to be fun and it cost you your confidence. I'm here to tell you today that I serve the God of new beginnings. I serve the God that says though your sins may be as crimson, I can wash you as white as snow. As far as the east is from the west, I've removed your transgressions from you. Clap today if you're thankful for the grace of Jesus Christ. Give him a praise. …
… get on your plane ride your train get in your car go to school and handle your business because david said the lord is my light i i declare i'm trying to move on whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid and i got one more thing to tell you keep praying through your hurts keep pouring out your heart keep placing god at the center of your hope but there's one more keep pausing to reset your head space keep pausing come on come on tell somebody keep pausing to reset your head space i wish verse 19 was the end but it's not they jump right back in but you are lord reign forever you you're thrown and do as all generations now verse 20 why have you forgotten us completely now it's not that god had but that's how it felt why have you forsaken us these many days restore us to yourself oh lord verse 21 that we may be restored renew our days as of old now here it is unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure i wanted to call this keep pressing keep pushing and the said when you're under pressure you don't need to keep pressing The more pressure you have does not mean you keep pressing. …
… What would be your one thing if you got one thing from God or you desired one thing of God for 2025? David tells us what his is in verse 4, Psalm 27. One thing I asked from the Lord, in this only, look how focused he is, do I seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Now, I thought you said, Louis, that it's not about place. You said it's about person, and that feels like a place right there. And it is, and we'll talk about that in a moment. But David was living in a different day. And in David's day, when he said house to the Lord, he didn't mean 515. He was talking about the temple as a spatial representation of God on earth. And he said, that's where I want to be. I want to get to the place where God meets man. That's where I want to be. and I want to dwell there all the days of my life. …
… There are some people in some forms of evangelicalism who think God is against us. But listen to what Scripture says, Psalm 27, 1 to 3, the Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life, whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon Me to devour My flesh, My adversaries and My enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against Me, My heart will not fear, though war arise against Me. In spite of this, I shall be confident." Why? The Lord is My salvation. Listen to Psalm 46. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride." If everything starts to fall apart, God is going to be our refuge and our help. I love this in Psalm 46, 7. …
… You just heard Phil sing Psalm 27. Let me read it to you, the first three verses. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life. Whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me in spite of this, I shall be confident. What is the psalmist's confidence? Well, that is stated in Psalm 46. God is our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear. Psalm 46, verse 7, the Lord of hosts is with us. Verse 11, the Lord of hosts is with us. Psalm 56, verse 4, "'In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?' Listen to Psalm 84, "'For the Lord God is a sun and shield. …
… Keep your head up because all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to God's purposes. I'm going to keep my head up because the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be? I'm going to keep my head up, y'all, because the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul, leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. I'm going to keep my head up because God is my father, Jesus, my savior, the Holy Ghost, my power. I'm going to keep my head up. And that's what I say to every one of you. Keep your head up because when you keep your head up, God gives you mental health. In this sick world, what does that look like? I'm almost done. Watch the text. The text lets us know we can keep our head up to begin with because God has an amazing way of blessing us. …
in God's temple. I don't know about you, church, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. As I told the congregation last night after birthing my twin girls four months ago, I'm convinced that he didn't have to let me live. He didn't have to let me live, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. I give honor to God because God is the head of my life. God is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. The Greek New Testament tells us that God is the Alpha Chi Omega. God is the author and the finisher of my faith. To God be the glory, great things God has done. to the angel of this house, the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley. I am so blessed and humbled by the invitation to be present with you on this Sunday morning to worship God with this marvelous congregation, this spirit-filled congregation, to worship with you in spirit and in truth. …
I don't know about you, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. After birthing those twins, I'm convinced that he didn't have to let me live. But I'm glad to be in the service. I give honor tonight to God who is the head of my life. God is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. The Greek New Testament tells us that God is the Alpha Chi Omega. God is the author and the finisher of my faith. To God be the glory. Great things God has done. to the under-shepherd of this house, the angel of this old ship of Zion, your pastor, the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley. I'm so blessed by his invitation to be in your midst on this day, on this weekend, to be able to worship in spirit and truth with this spirit-filled congregation. This service-oriented congregation is a privilege to my soul, and I am just overwhelmed with being here tonight. I give God honor and God praise for your pastor. …
… I know what we are up against. But I stopped by to remind Alfred Street that the psalmist says that when evildoers came to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell. I stopped by to remind somebody of one King David who said, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. I came by to remind somebody of the prophet who said, fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against workers of iniquity, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass. I came to remind you of one Isaiah who said, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. Oh, yes, there is a word because if God before us, if God before us, if God before us, who I say can be against us, neither death nor life, it is written, neither angels nor principalities, it is written, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, neither height nor depth, or any other living creature can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. …