In this week’s message, we explore the Psalms and discover how God welcomes both our praise and our lament, inviting us to bring every joy and every sorrow before Him. Through the beautiful Passover refrain Dayenu—“It would have been enough”—we’re reminded to rest in God’s faithfulness, trusting that while His grace is already more than enough, His redeeming work in our lives is not yet finished.

Primary Texts

• Psalms — The sermon centers on the Book of Psalms as Israel's book of prayer and worship, emphasizing the two major categories of psalms of praise and psalms of lament.

Specific Scripture Passages

• Psalms 119 — Highlighted as the longest chapter in the Bible and an acrostic poem built around the Hebrew alphabet. Pastor Scott used it to illustrate the beauty of worship and God's delight in hearing His people's voices.
• Psalms 145–150 — Referred to collectively as the closing psalms of praise, with the refrain:
• "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord."
• These passages illustrate the Psalter's emphasis on worship and adoration.
• Psalms 13: 1
• "How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?"
• Used as the primary example of a psalm of lament, demonstrating that God welcomes honest cries of pain.

Systematic Theology — Pastor Scott quoted theologian Robert Jenson's famous definition of God:

He used this to emphasize that God is known by His saving acts throughout Scripture.

Pastor Scott showed a scene from The Chosen Season 5, Episode 4, titled "The Same Coin." It features the women followers of Jesus offering a personalized Dayenu ("It would have been enough") to Him on the eve of His crucifixion, and later the traditional Dayenu is woven into the Last Supper narrative.

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