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Vibrant church in Etobicoke, Toronto with roots in the Korean immigrant community.

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Psalms of Devotion is an initiative aimed at enhancing and continuing our Praise Ministry in this time of physical separation, by providing a virtual guided Praise program that is meant to encourage you, our members, to actively engage in a time of praise, in their own time and space leading up to our Sunday Worship.

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Jun 17 2020

Psalms of Devotion – Father’s Day

Passage of the week: 
“O Lord, you have enticed me,
    and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
    and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughing stock all day long;
    everyone mocks me.For whenever I speak, I must cry out,
    I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
    a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
    shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
For I hear many whispering:
    “Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    All my close friends
    are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
    and we can prevail against him,
    and take our revenge on him.”
But the Lord is with me like a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble,
    and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonour
    will never be forgotten.O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous,
    you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.Sing to the Lord;
    praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
    from the hands of evildoers.”
– 
Jeremiah 20:7-13

Hello everyone,

This scripture is a beautiful poem where Jeremiah is going back and forth, calling God out for putting him in situations that bring pains and hardships, and then contradicting this by praising God for always being there to help him overcome them. When reading this and reflecting on this, it perfectly describes my relationship with my own Father. Growing up, there were countless times where I doubted his direction for his own life, for his family, and for myself. Many times I was certain he was putting us through more suffering and pain –and although it may have been hard at the time – I have recently realized that my father has a reason for everything, and that his direction and decisions were made out of wisdom, faithfulness, honour and love. Just like my father, I often feel the same way with our Heavenly Father. I doubt God’s plan and struggle with the situations He makes me suffer, only to find out that He is there to support me as I struggle and overcome the challenges.

This Father’s Day, I am extremely proud to have been raised in the example of both my father and God. And as I enter into fatherhood myself, I pray that I may be able to carry the same wisdom, faithfulness, and love for my daughter and family. This week’s songs focus on that everlasting foundation that God gives to us. I hope that you are blessed by these songs for the father’s out there, Happy Father’s Day!
 – Jon

This Week’s Playlist:

For the Master Playlist and archive of each week's playlist, please go to the Psalms of Devotion homepage.

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Jun 10 2020

Psalms of Devotion – Peace and Hope

This week’s Scripture Passage: 

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 5:1-8

Hi everyone,

With all that has been happening in the world, it was difficult to grasp the type of peace that this passage describes.  As I continued to read the passage over and over again, I was suddenly overcome with a feeling of hope.  In this hope, I was able to find peace in knowing that all the struggles we go through are a part of God’s design.  In the same way that a bird requires the experience of breaking through the shell of their egg to develop, we too require perseverance to build our character.  If we can learn to lean on God as our cornerstone, He will deliver us through any sufferings we face and we will find ourselves surrounded by a grace that we don’t deserve, but God has given out of love.

– Josh

This Week’s Playlist:

For the Master Playlist and archive of each week's playlist, please go to the Psalms of Devotion homepage.

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Jun 04 2020

Psalms of Devotions – Gods Glory & Us

Psalm 8

 O Lord, our Sovereign,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens.
 Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
    to silence the enemy and the avenger.

 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars that you have established;
 what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
    mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them a little lower than God,
    and crowned them with glory and honour.
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under their feet,
all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

 O Lord, our Sovereign,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
 

This week’s passage talks about God’s great majesty over all things in this universe – and yet, He cares for us and has placed us in a position of honour, where we do not deserve. With this honour God bestows to us, we also inherit a responsibility to uphold and represent God’s will here on earth. That our actions be responsible to all the creatures and land he has created, and most of all, to all of God’s children, no matter their age, gender, religion, or race.

Reflecting on the events of this week and all the activity surrounding anti-racism, I see this passage as an opportunity to reflect on the honour God has bestowed on us, and how we should set His example by pursuing unity and peaceful justice, despite the temptation to lean on pointing out differences and acting in violence. 

The songs for this week focuses on God’s ultimate glory and on keeping our hearts and souls open to hearing God’s message, living our lives in His example.

Jon

For the Master Playlist and archive of each week's playlist, please go to the Psalms of Devotion homepage.

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May 30 2020

Psalms of Devotion – Work of the Spirit

Passage of the week: 
“no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.  For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

– 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Hi everyone,

The passage for this week speaks to the various gifts God has blessed us with and that no one gift is greater than the other.  While there are various ways we’ve all been called to serve, all of the gifts we’ve been given are from the same spirit.  Collectively we all make up the body of Christ and have been asked to bring what we can in service to God.  Service comes in many shapes and forms – some being more obvious and others more hidden.  God asks that we give and contribute abundantly and regardless of what gifts you’ve been blessed with, you can find peace and confidence in knowing that it all comes from God’s spirit.

This Weeks Playlist:

For the Master Playlist and archive of each week's playlist, please go to the Psalms of Devotion homepage.

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May 22 2020

Psalms of Devotions – Thanksgiving and Prayer

Passage of the week: “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.” – Ephesians 1:15-23

Hi everyone,

This week’s passage is focused around the importance of never stopping giving thanks to God. During the best times, and also during the darkest times, when we continue to give thanks, it opens our hearts to receive His wisdom, calling, and His power. Even if we’ve stopped giving thanks, it’s never to late to start again. God is always knocking on the door of our hearts and when we give thanks, we set ourselves up to be open and receive these gifts He is granting to us. This week, our Psalms of Devotion are focused on thankfulness to God and the blessings that can happen when we do.

I hope that you are blessed by these songs.

Jon

This Week’s Playlist:

For the Master Playlist and archive of each week's playlist, please go to the Psalms of Devotion homepage.

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